Is this cross-breed growing silkie-type feathers?

[shanadienne]

I can't imagine what a d'Uccle tail would look in silkie... (Or Japanese! But he's either 1/8 or no Japanese so that's not happening.) Whatever he has I doubt it will be the Silkie/Cochin floofball.

I don't have any really good new pictures of him, but he's growing solid buff feathers on his shoulders and breast. His tail seems to be dark only at the very tip.

 

[ChickenHermit]

Going to be an interesting bird, at the least! What is his comb looking like- more cochin/D'uccle straight, or more towards walnut like a silkie?

 

[shanadienne]

He's definitely got a single comb. It's growing fast for a three week old...

And, to clarify exactly what this little guy is:

Minimum/from his mother:
12.5% silkie
12.5% MF booted bantam (basically non-bearded d'uccle)
25% easter egger

Depending on who the father is:
If top dog rooster - another 25% each of MF and Silkie
If second most likely candidates - 12.5% each of MF, Silkie, Japanese, and EE
The least likely candidates have the same genetics as the mother.

 

[shanadienne]

Another update on Kumquat's (my best friend named him) feathers/colors. At four weeks and two days old, he's also growing light buff feathers on his chest, and he is just so soft and fluffy. (He has some tiny red wattles coming in so I'm thinking boy.)

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Aw, he looks great Well, as great as he can in his awkward vulture phase

 

[shanadienne]

I prefer to think of it as his Jareth stage.

 

[ChickenHermit]

Hahahahahaha! Awesome!


He looks adorable, btw.

 

[mishelle]

A few days ago i bought some silki chicks their feathers seem strange to me,r they mixed r have a problem?

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[howfunkyisurchicken]

It looks like a partridge Silkie to me

 

[shanadienne]

I've been failing to update on Kumquat's feathers.... Looks kind of like a black-tailed buff except for those black feathers on his back/shoulders.