Silkie Lovers, Show Off Your Fuzzy Chickens Here?!

[MysteryChicken]

I do too, but this guy is a real sweetheart, and ya know, I was alos wondering, arent silkies supposd to have pea combs, because this satin fella has a single comb

Silkies are supposed to have walnut combs, but there are also some varieties that have single combs. Here's a couple of my standard sized Silkies.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

hmm

 

[MysteryChicken]

hmm

Hmm, what?

 

[john_wrightson2003]

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Silkies as standard should have a walnut comb that looks like a cushion.

Single combs are usually down to past cross breeding and isn't desired.

Since yours are Satins, i'd guess a single comb can be expected depending on what they were bred from. From what I believe, Satins are produced from crossing normal feathered birds with a Silkie. They aren't full Silkie.

Here's a walnut comb that a Silkie should have:

 

[MysteryChicken]

Walnut.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Walnut combs contain the same genes that produce single, & rose combs. The single comb gene is recessive in silkies, & only small 25% of single comb silkie offspring will be produced by both walnut combed parents.
My porcelain D'Uccle X White Silkie mix has a rose comb.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Carrot just enjoying posing as she always does!

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Carrot just enjoying posing as she always does!

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[MysteryChicken]

Carrot just enjoying posing as she always does!

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My SnuggleBug is harboring hidden colors. He is passing color genes to his offspring.
Lavender in the wing feathers.

Redish specks on wing feathers above secondaries

Red coloring in tail feathers.