Please Help Identify this Roo! He is over a year old and his feathers are soft like down.

[AddictedtoChicken]

 

[fluffycrow]

He is a mix breed silkie. He has silkie in his lineage, and that is what makes his feathers look like that. Another example, one of my past cockerels

 

[Fwoof]

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Definitely a Silkie mix, Silkies are the the only breed that has feathers like that.
My best guess is that his other half is Ameraucana, given the beard and the coloring. He's adorable!

He is a mix breed silkie. He has silkie in his lineage, and that is what makes his feathers look like that. Another example, one of my past cockerelsView attachment 3574777

So is this puffball! Is he a New Hampshire/Silkie mix?

 

[fluffycrow]

He is a mix breed silkie. He has silkie in his lineage, and that is what makes his feathers look like that. Another example, one of my past cockerelsView attachment 3574777

I should add: birds that look like this are homozygous for the silkie gene, meaning that both parents must carry at least one copy of the gene. Meaning, this was either a back cross (silkie×F1 silkie mix) or a mix of parents who both have at least one copy of the gene

 

[fluffycrow]

Definitely a Silkie mix, Silkies are the the only breed that has feathers like that.
My best guess is that his other half is Ameraucana, given the beard and the coloring. He's adorable!

So is this puffball! Is he a New Hampshire/Silkie mix?

No clue. Don't think so. He'd turn out bigger. I just got them as mix breed bantams

 

[AddictedtoChicken]

Definitely a Silkie mix, Silkies are the the only breed that has feathers like that.
My best guess is that his other half is Ameraucana, given the beard and the coloring. He's adorable!

So is this puffball! Is he a New Hampshire/Silkie mix?

Thank you.

 

[AddictedtoChicken]

Thank you.

I'm not sure what he is. My husband bought 10 chick's home from a man that has 100s of chickens and ducks. All look very different some are definitely Silkie but don't look like him.

 

[fluffycrow]

Oh. Forgot to respond to that. Pure ameraucana is not possible, because they have pea combs. Pea comb is dominant, and this bird has a straight comb

 

[Fwoof]

Thank you.

You're welcome!

Oh. Forgot to respond to that. Pure ameraucana is not possible, because they have pea combs. Pea comb is dominant, and this bird has a straight comb

Right, thank you, I always forget about the combs!

 

[AddictedtoChicken]

I should add: birds that look like this are homozygous for the silkie gene, meaning that both parents must carry at least one copy of the gene. Meaning, this was either a back cross (silkie×F1 silkie mix) or a mix of parents who both have at least one copy of the gene

That's cool. Thank you for that information.