Partridge...?

[Silkiekmk13]

I doubt it’s a mix as not all babies are born with a visible crest. Some babies have vaulted skulls and some don’t. I bet this breeder has different variety’s and the foot feathering is already phenomenal on this chick.

Yes the feathering on the feet was one of the things that stood out to me. My other silkie chicks have the normal silkie fur / fuss (lol) on their feet and this little chick I noticed had actual feathers on the feet ...

 

[The Moonshiner]

Looks like a silkie/cochin cross.
And since you also hatched a frizzle I would really think at least some of these are from a sizzle project.
BTW "satin" silkie is just a fancy name for a silkie mix.
Some of the others look off for a pure silkie but hard to see enough of them in those pics.

 

[FishMtFarm]

Satins are being bred more and more true. They can be pure but just are not recognized by APA. Eventually breeding these satins to silkies and then satin to satin, your percentage of silkie goes up to 99% with is considered fullblood so they aren’t necessarily a mix. As for frizzle, that’s a gene, not a breed so you can’t assume Cochin comes into play as that gene can modify any breed. There are pure silkies with the frizzle gene and that’s made possible by generations of breeding what started as a mix and making it fullblood again. Best bet is to wait and see what the comb, conformation, and adult bird size are.

 

[Silkiekmk13]

Looks like a silkie/cochin cross.
And since you also hatched a frizzle I would really think at least some of these are from a sizzle project.
BTW "satin" silkie is just a fancy name for a silkie mix.
Some of the others look off for a pure silkie but hard to see enough of them in those pics.

thanks for that info, after looking up pictures online of cochins and silkie/ Cochin mix I am pretty sure that's what this one is. I will post a picture of the other chicks shortly, a more updated one

 

[Silkiekmk13]

Satins are being bred more and more true. They can be pure but just are not recognized by APA. Eventually breeding these satins to silkies and then satin to satin, your percentage of silkie goes up to 99% with is considered fullblood so they aren’t necessarily a mix. As for frizzle, that’s a gene, not a breed so you can’t assume Cochin comes into play as that gene can modify any breed. There are pure silkies with the frizzle gene and that’s made possible by generations of breeding what started as a mix and making it fullblood again. Best bet is to wait and see what the comb, conformation, and adult bird size are.

I've also noticed from day one , this bird was a bit bigger than the rest. I girl I got the eggs from said she keeps all her silkies separate from other breeds and was almost positive she sent me all silkie eggs. But the frizzle does not have 5 toes, but has dark skin and then the brown Chick pictured is possibly a Cochin mix

 

[FishMtFarm]

Well let them grow a bit and then evaluate. Hard to tell what a chick is gonna be. I didn’t see the frizzle so no clue what that one is but I still think that satin could be a silkie. Also, my silkies at that age, the cockerels are already a big larger than the pullets so keep an eye on comb development as it grows.

 

[The Moonshiner]

If it isn't accepted by the APA then its all opinion on whether its a breed or not. My opinion is if it doesn't have silkie feathers it ain't a silkie.
Im aware that frizzle is a gene. I assumed cochin beause of the chicks features.
But these silkie projects use cochin more often then everything else combined

 

[FishMtFarm]

Yes that’s understandable since silkies got their name from their feather type. I see your point.

 

[The Moonshiner]

thanks for that info, after looking up pictures online of cochins and silkie/ Cochin mix I am pretty sure that's what this one is. I will post a picture of the other chicks shortly, a more updated one

Seems the breeder is saying this isn't the case but there are a lot of people out there that are trying to create a bird that looks like a silkie but has frizzle feathers instead of silkied. There's also ones want both silkie and frizzle on the same bird.
Most do use cochin frizzles.
Silkie feathers take two copies to show and frizzle to non frizzle results in 50/50 frizzled/non frizzled chicks. So you can see a lot of chicks will neither be frizzle or silkie.
Having silkie, a frizzle, and kinda like a silkie chick is what made me think silkie frizzle project.
That chicks heavy feathered legs screams cochin to me.

 

[ChickenLeg]

Im with some of the others silkie/cochin cross is a good bet since you had a frizzled in there and a lotta frizzles are cochin frizzled. Wont know forsure til its older, might not ever know lol.

Could cross it back to a partridge silkie and have some fun working it back to its silkies genes.