Soo I bought silkie eggs and got this.. Lol

[TiffanyKim]

Bought 5 silkie eggs and 2 chocolate bantam orps... Incubated one orp wasn't fertile so was removed... Well all 6 eggs hatched in the last 2 days and 2 of the hatchlings look like this

I think they are lavender in color but not sure lol and they have feathered feet ... Any ideas??

 

[mlrod1914]

I'm not seeing 5 toes. Are you? They are not silkies is don't have 5 toes. Also, those don't look like silkie chicks to me.

 

[TiffanyKim]

Indeed the 2 definetly are not silkies did have 3 silkies hatch with these 2 though this is a picture of the 3 silkies a choc orp and the 2 mysteries..

 

[mlrod1914]

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but the chipmunk coloring is common with Easter Egger chicks. I just finished raising 2 myself. Identical coloring.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but the chipmunk coloring is common with Easter Egger chicks. I just finished raising 2 myself. Identical coloring.

So many chicks look like little chipmunks at hatch that there's really no way to tell them apart. I'd say that the OP will have to wait until the chicks are fully feathered before we'll be able to figure out breed. Also, the OP thought they were incubating Silkie eggs, so I doubt that these are little EEs--the OP would have noticed something wrong if they set something blue or green (although it's totally possible to hatch EEs from cream colored eggs). I'd also assume these are bantam chicks for the same reason. Hard to mistake an egg from a large fowl for a silkie egg.

 

[hdowden]

Your silkies will probably be partridge or at least partridge based. As for the others they look to be cochins

 

[TiffanyKim]

Interesting... Yes they are all bantams and they were all hatched from cream/ light tan colored eggs ... I will definitely keep posting pictures as they grow thank you

 

[CluckinMehe]

Inquiring minds want to know: What did you end up with?