Is my hen a silkie cross?

[Random_Chook]

This is my reasonably friendly and very loud hen, we rescued her recently. She has features of a silkie, such as having a fluffy head, feathers on her feat and an extra toe, but her feathers are normal, not like fluff, and she has bright orange eyes. She is also ginormous, weighing over 3 kilos, she’s much bigger than my regular silkies and even my standard hens! I was just wondering if she is maybe crossed with something giant? Is that even possible? If not what breed could she be?

 

[JedJackson]

Looks like a Silkie cross to me, maybe with a dark Brahma, but who knows for sure. She's not necessarily a first generation cross with a Silkie parent but I think Silkie genes are definitely in the mix. She's got the head poof and the 5th toe.

 

[fluffycrow]

Agreed, she's not a pure silkie, and looking at the fibro (or lack thereof) she's probably not a first or second gen cross either

 

[Holdthechicken]

I really like how she looks! Pretty bird!

 

[Random_Chook]

Looks like a Silkie cross to me, maybe with a dark Brahma, but who knows for sure. She's not necessarily a first generation cross with a Silkie parent but I think Silkie genes are definitely in the mix. She's got the head poof and the 5th toe.

I can definitely see the brahma patterns!

 

[Random_Chook]

Agreed, she's not a pure silkie, and looking at the fibro (or lack thereof) she's probably not a first or second gen cross either

How interesting! She’s like a mutt chicken