So what makes a silkie duck silkie? I've been looking at some pictures and they look like normal ducks! Are they softer, like silk?
I posted pics of mine, see the feathers along the bottom of the breast and legs, they are whispy and longer. The duck is also a bantam making it ultra super adorable. My ducks both have the silkie gene meaning all offspring will be silkie, not all silkie ducks have the feathering but may produce offspring with the feathering. There is a better explanation on Holderreads site.