silkies and their feathered feet *with pics!*

[joe17]

I have silkie chicks right now and when they were a couple days old, they all had feathers on their middle toe. Now that they are about 2 or 3 months old, it looks like they are loosing feathers. This doesnt make sense because the others still have good feathering. I have them on shavings and always have. When they hatch with feathered middle toes, does that mean that they should have good feathered feet in the future? I will post pictures of their feet in a little while.

 

[joe17]

Here are the pictures. Other than the feet, the silkie is beautiful. Since she is 2 and a half months old with no feathered feet, should I cull her?

This is when the silkie was a chick

This is the silkie now

 

[awesomefowl]

she is cute!!!!!

 

[Bat Cave Silkies]

I can't get it to show me the pics

 

[SilkiesAndSuch]

same here

 

[silkieluver_07]

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Yep no pics

 

[iluvmychicks]

Two to Three months is early to tell what degree of foot feathering they will have. At that age they start to lose their juvenile plumage which is replaced with new feathers, I've had growing silkies with blood feathers on the middle toe at 6 months, depending on the the bird(or line) some feather in slower then others. If you see no pins or blood feathers at that age then I would say they will have very poor foot feathering.


Shari

 

[joe17]

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

She could be molting or breaking off feathers if she went from that many to that few. However that significant a colour change makes no sense. I don't think it's the same bird.

 

[joe17]

If its not that one then its one of these.