Six Toed Chicken

[303hunter]

I have six 6 week old Silkie chicks. I noticed one of them has an extra toe growing off one of the toes. Is this common? Don't know how to post pics, or I would show it.

 

[MySweetChickens]

Yes! its very common for silkies to have extra toes they can end up with as many as 3 extra's

 

[303hunter]

I went back and found another toe on the same chicken, so now it's seven!

 

[MySweetChickens]

Yeah its not uncommon for extra toes to be found even if it is a silkie cross I think the most I found on one silkie is 4 extra on each foot