Mysterious chick!!

[monicamarie83]

Hey y'all! So I've been busy hatching chicks and so have my girls! I have a black silky sitting on 5 eggs and 1 hatched today!! But I'm so confused! This chick is black with a white "dot" on the tip of each wing , it's butt is white has clean legs black feet with white toes and only 4 toes! What has been created!? My roos are a black silkie, white silkie , Ayam Cemani and a old English game bantam runs around with them .. my hens ( their eggs all ended up with her) are all silkies , black, red, cream and gray splash. My oegb hens too but I know it wasn't their eggs. I also have 3 mystery hens that are silkie mix ( with Cochin I was told) but their eggs are speckled and not this chick... I thought silkies dominate trait was the toes , feathered legs and poof? This chick lacks all 3... Someone help me out! I'll get pictures tomorrow after it fluffs out more, mom was angry with me for messing!

 

[JedJackson]

Sounds like a mix with one of the non-Silkie roosters. Traits like crests and feathered legs aren't always passed down in mixes, nor is the 5th toe.

 

[monicamarie83]

Sounds like a mix with one of the non-Silkie roosters. Traits like crests and feathered legs aren't always passed down in mixes, nor is the 5th toe.

Gotcha! This is an adventure for sure! First batch of mixed so I'm new to all this! Thanks!

 

[JedJackson]

Gotcha! This is an adventure for sure! First batch of mixed so I'm new to all this! Thanks!

You're welcome. It should be interesting to see what this chick looks like when it is older.

 

[monicamarie83]

Cant wait to see what else I have!

You're welcome. It should be interesting to see what this chick looks like when it is older.

 

[monicamarie83]