Silkie sexing 🥲

[BlueTheBrahma]

For the mixes I've seen, at least for the split P/p+ (pea and not-pea heterozygotes), I think the actual three-part combs were less common than fat single blades that might or might not have a little bit of extra bumpiness on the sides.

Of course different mixes might have very different results. The ones I saw and photographed are heavy on Old English Game Bantam, with the pea comb gene coming from Easter Egger Bantam and Dark Cornish Bantam, all tracing back to hatchery stock a few generations ago.

Thinking about it, my Brahma cross hens have often had fat messy single bladed combs, rather than pea combs. These combs were tiny so it’s hard to really tell the difference.