Silkie chicken Comb question

[Nikki71]

Hi all,
I have four silkie hens. I notice that two have flat walnut shaped combs (see the white hen) and two have completely different combs- sort of thin and wavy. Can anyone shed any light on this please?

 

[featheredplanets]

The ‘thin wavy’ combs are straight combs, which are incorrect for Silkies. They should only have a walnut comb.

 

[Nikki71]

Ah I see. Does this mean a silkie fault/ recessive gene or a cross breed?

 

[Chicalina]

Hens?? I have no experience of silkies with wrong combs but the white one with the giant walnut is surely a rooster!

 

[Nikki71]

That’s what I thought! Then it laid an

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It means it's a crossbred if it has a comb besides walnut

 

[Chicalina]

Lol!!! That must have been a surprise!

eta: the egg!

 

[Nikki71]

It was! I had been hoping it was a hen, but had given up hope as the comb grew huge.

 

[Nikki71]

It means it's a crossbred if it has a comb besides walnut

But she’s soooo silkie looking in every other way

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

The single comb is a recessive gene to the normal walnut Silkie comb so two Silkies with correct combs can produce a single combed chick just as well as walnut comb chicks. I had one and he was not mixed.