Help! 6 toed Silkie?!

[Lucy_Dobinson]

Hi all! I know it’s normal for a Silkie to have 5 toes, but one of my chicks I just noticed has 6 on each?! A tiny toe sprouting off of the 5th toe, and a tiny one joined together on the other 5th toe - she doesn’t appear to walk on the 5th toe anyway and gets around fine. Nothing to worry about? TIA!

 

[featheredplanets]

No, nothing to worry about. If you’re breeding to show though it may be an idea not to put her in the breeding pen.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Yeah, it's nothing to worry about, especially being that small. If they grow downwards or are otherwise awkwardly placed, they can cause issues, but otherwise it's not a problem.