Silkie/silkie cross genetics questions. I’m

[Fitzmas]

So I hatched out a bird a week or so ago that wa a given to by a woman as a silkie.

chick hatched, black skin. Posted on a silkie thread on FB but was told it isn’t a silkie because it doesn’t have 5 toes or feathered legs.
It doesn’t matter to me as they are going to go to my friend. I only do muscovies but wanted to incubate something lol

The lady that gave it to me as a fertile egg said it could only be a silkie and sent photos of her silkies.
So, is this a silkie or silkie cross ? And why. Please.

 

[NatJ]

So, is this a silkie or silkie cross ? And why.

Those look like normal wing feathers to me.
If it has normal feathers, then it is not a silkie.

(I have no personal experience with silkies, so I don't know if the first feathers in the wings of a silkie chick can look normal-- but someone else might know that, and the feather type all over the chick will surely be clear within just a few weeks.)

 

[Fitzmas]

Two of these three are the parents

 

[The Moonshiner]

Can you elaborate why ? trying to learn

It doesn't appear to have silkie feathers.
It doesn't appear to have the standard silkie shape.
It's hard to see but doesn't appear to have a walnut comb.
I don't see anything that would make me think silkie.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Looks like an Ayam Cemani. Does the lady have any of those?

 

[The Moonshiner]

It's not a silkie.

 

[Fitzmas]

Looks like an Ayam Cemani. Does the lady have any of those?

She has Easter egger, copper marans, silkies, red Pyle bantham, Millie and seabright banthams
the egg was a light tan.

 

[Fitzmas]

It's not a silkie.

Can you elaborate why ? trying to learn

 

[MysteryChicken]

She has Easter egger, copper marans, silkies, red Pyle bantham, Millie and seabright banthams
the egg was a light tan.

Most likely a Mix of silkie plus one of the Bantams.