Serama/silkie?

[chriscachicken]

Hello! I have a 9 month old roo. I was told he is a serama when I got him. He has feathered feet which I dont see on seramas normally. She had seramas and silkies so I'm wondering if I have a mix.

 

[Wild-Turkey]

I would say Serama and Cochin bantam mix or like you said maybe a Serama and Silkie mix. He’s absolutely gorgeous whatever mix he is.

 

[britesidefarm]

He doesn’t look like he has any Silkie. Can you count the toes? I want to say he has Cochin in him

 

[JedJackson]

He doesn't appear to have any silkie in him. I would guess he is a serama crossed with some other breed, like Cochin.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Hello! I have a 9 month old roo. I was told he is a serama when I got him. He has feathered feet which I dont see on seramas normally. She had seramas and silkies so I'm wondering if I have a mix.

Amazing photos!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I would agree he look more like he is crossed with a cochin than a silkie.

 

[chriscachicken]

Thank you for the quick responses. He has 4 toes. I forgot about silkies having 5 toes

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I agree he does not appear to have any silkie in him. If he had 5 toes that would lean towards silkie, but some 1st gen silkie crosses have only 4 toes. I just hatched some.

 

[marsmallowthesilkie]

Cochin x Serama mix, I can tell by his toes

 

[NatJ]

I know some Seramas have silkied feathers, so I assume the two breeds were crossed at some point in the past--maybe this fellow got his feathered feet from a distant Silkie ancestor, even though he did not get the silkie feathers. That would explain why he looks so much like a Serama otherwise (single comb, no 5th toe, no dark skin, no crest, and I think he is standing more like a Serama than a Silkie.)