Is my Cochin a Silkie cross??

[flowerchicks]

I've been looking at pictures of Cochins, and mine doesn't look like the others. Could she be crossed with a silkie? She looks just like my black silkie, but without the silkie feathers. Also, is she a black cochin? That's what she was sold as, but her feathers seem almost dark grey with dark edges. They are both feed store chickens.

This is my silkie, she's 13 weeks old.

 

[onthespot]

I see a crest, blue earlobes and silkie type feet. I'd say yes.

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

yep, silkie X cochin. i have one in my coop like that!and i've seen a lot of them at a recent chicken swap.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

YUP...We actually have the same cross as broodies and the look JUST like her!

 

[flowerchicks]

Wow, the things you can learn from spending HOURS on this forum

I new she was "special". When I got my first four chicks, I said I had 3 layers and one player, because she was supposed to be a pet. Took her up until about a week ago to even let you come near her, but she is pretty sweet now.

She is a she, right??

 

[groominginla]

here is my silkie/cochin cross.

 

[flowerchicks]

She looks like she is going to have pretty markings. Please post a pic when she is all grown up

 

[thea71701]

yep its a cross. i have them to. they are the greatest moms!!!! an so sweet.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

I have three in my brooder that looks just like that! All three are different ages, one was hatched in my bator and a friend of mine gave me the other two from some of her hatches. They all came from my friends chickens,...their daddy was a white silkie and the mommy a black cochin. They are so freaking cute!

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

:lol Too funny! I, too, have a Silkie mix that is black with the crest, feather legged, and smooth feathers. Only my baby is a mix between a Barred OEGB hen and a White Silkie roo!