silkie or cochin?? Confusing chick batch

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My silkie x bantam cochin chicks hatched just a week ago and out of black and white parents, I've ended up with 6 yellow and 2 black. My problem though is that all the chicks have the father's 5 toes but are also all quickly growing wing feathers so I don't know what breed they will turn into. Does anyone have pictures of cochin or silkie chicks at a week or two old so I can see the differences?
Also, when I feather checked them, they all turned out female. I saw online that since the female determines the gender of the chicks and she has always laid round eggs, that there's a good chance that all the chicks are actually female.
 
What chickens are you hatching eggs from? Is it a silkie rooster with silkie and cochin hens and you are trying to tell which are pure silkies and which are cochin mixes? If that's the case, you should be able to tell the difference when they are a few weeks old. The fuzzy silkie feathering is a recessive trait. Only the pure silkies will have that trait. The silkie cochin mixes will have normal feathering like the cochins.

FWIW, I absolutely love silkie cochin crosses. I only have one, but she is the best little mom and has such a fantastic personality.
 
If you crossed a Silkie with a Cochin, you'll end up with mixed breeds. They won't look quite like Silkie chicks or like Cochin chicks. The chicks will probably have crests, five toes, and feathered legs.

It is true that the female determines the gender of the chicks. However, round eggs do not mean that the chicks are pullets. Sexing by wing feathers also does not work, unless the birds have been specifically bred/crossed together for it.
 
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Both parents are full blood silkie and cochin so they both have feathered feet along with all the chicks. Thank you for your answers though. It really helps. But has anyone tried to sex them at this age? I have 7 of them in one coop with their mother so im wanting to sell them before they run out of room but don't want to sell any roosters to the wrong home since the parents and chicks are so friendly.
 
If you crossed a Silkie with a Cochin, you'll end up with mixed breeds. They won't look quite like Silkie chicks or like Cochin chicks. The chicks will probably have crests, five toes, and feathered legs.

It is true that the female determines the gender of the chicks. However, round eggs do not mean that the chicks are pullets. Sexing by wing feathers also does not work, unless the birds have been specifically bred/crossed together for it.
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