Half Black and Half White Silkie - Please explain?

[peepswiththepoof]

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It IS a full-blooded Silkie. I purchased hatching eggs from another BYCer, and she has a BBS pen and a white pen.

 

[lilchik]

How many toes does it have? It looks like a cochin or cochin/silkie cross chick. Silkie toes would be black, they don't turn black later.

 

[joe17]

If a silkie chick hatches with white tips on it's feet, they usually turn black with age. Yours should turn black. I think yours should be blue. Splash at that age are usually white almost.

 

[joe17]

Okay looking back at the feet, that much white may not all turn black. Hard to tell. The white on it's feet doesn't mean it's a mixed breed. Sometimes parents through chicks like this.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It is either a dark blue or black. The white on the wings , head and belly will disappear as the bird gets its adult feathering. Definitely not a splash. It is not uncommon for silkies to have some pink toe tips; may indicate one copy of the gene for dark legs or skin.

 

[reesepoultry]

I agree..... The coloring will disappear as they get older and start molting. As for the toes, I have hatched some like this and most of them turn black in time. If they don't they get sold as pet quality. I have also hatched out ones with wierd coloring and they turned out to molt it all away.

Good luck.