Is this a Silkie?

[CNJ]

Sultan mix. He can't be pure sultan because he doesn't have a large crest, vulture hocks, and beard and muffs.

Ahh good observation, you maybe right. His feet was dark when he hatched. The Bresse chicks were yellow and turned dark latter. What color is the Sultan feet?
Its definitely a mix. I found a picture of a sultan chick, it definitely didn't look like this.

 

[The Happster]

Ahh good observation, you maybe right. His feet was dark when he hatched. The Bresse chicks were yellow and turned dark latter. What color is the Sultan feet?

I believe they have slate shanks with white skin.

 

[black_cat]

If it is a sultan, it is a poor quality one, as it has a small crest and a single comb.

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Ahh good observation, you maybe right. His feet was dark when he hatched. The Bresse chicks were yellow and turned dark latter. What color is the Sultan feet?

Sultans have slate legs and white feet. Yours does have the right leg color for a sultan.

 

[MGG]

I'd guess silkie mix. Pure Sultans are super rare, and your's looks nothing like one. it's def part silkie. Who was the seller again? You should contact them and ask for a full breed list.
It's a cute chick. Cockerel.

 

[MGG]

Comb is wrong too. Not a V comb. @NatJ what do you say about it?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I would say a satin or a sultanx

 

[NatJ]

with five toes, V comb, feathered feet, and unusual protruding pin feathers on its head.

I think it could be Sultan-mix or Silkie-mix, depending on what the other half of either mix was. Both have 5 toes, feathered feet, and crests on the heads. Sultans are white, Silkies can be white, and the white could have come from the other parent anyway.

I see the depression in the front of the comb, but that's not how the comb looks on a pure Sultan. If it is a Sultan-mix, then the other parent had a rose comb (maybe a Wyandotte?)

If it is a Silkie-mix, then the other parent must have normal feathers, because this chick has normal feathers.

Sultans are supposed to have beards, Silkies can be with or without, this chick has no beard.
Silkies are supposed to have black skin, and many Silkie crosses have dark combs and wattles, which this one does not.
So there's at least one point against either likely cross, but it's not impossible in either case.

Maybe it's a cross of poor-quality Sultan with poor-quality Silkie

Or maybe the parents are themselves mixed breeds, which would easily account for the chick having such a mix of traits.

If it is a sultan, it is a poor quality one, as it has a small crest and a single comb.

The chick with a single comb in post 14 (3rd photo) is a Bresse chick for comparison. The chick we're trying to identify has a comb that looks like a rose comb except it sort-of splits in two near the front where it joins the beak. Since the crest feathers are just now coming in, I don't know how big the crest will be when it's mature.

That farm has not been answering their ebay email, they stop selling for time being.

Are you able to look at their previous listings? (The sold ones.) If you can see what other breeds they sell, that might help guess what this chick is a mix of. But it may never be possible to figure it out all the way.

 

[CNJ]

I gave the little guy a name. I call him Mohawk.............The head feathers are getting longer.

 

[Banty crazy]

Not a silkie. Silkies have five toes, black legs, black skin and black beaks and those are smooth feathers. Possibly a mix with a silkie. Also looks a tad bit like a sultan.

Silkies can have smooth feathers too but the five toes say silky but it’s definitely a mix.