What breed? 5 Toes

[lovinchicks]

What kink of chicken is this? It has 5 toes, and is all white. It was sent to me as a Light Sussex, lol. Def. not a Light Sussex!

 

[Lothiriel]

Wow. The only breeds I know of with 5 toes are Silkies, Houdans, and Faverolles. She's definitely none of those. Very interesting.
Does she have any trace of feathering on her legs/feet? If she does she may be a mix, with one of those breeds in her background.

 

[lovinchicks]

Nope no feathering on legs or feet. I kept waiting for her black feathers to come in to be a Light Sussex, then my husband found her 5 toes when she was about a month old, lol. I asked Sandhill preservation if they could be getting mixed light sussex, and she claimed no way. I think they have an escape artist, or they really don't know what they are doing. They never called me back, when I sent pictures investigating??

 

[SweetSilver]

Sultans have 5 toes, but that is clearly not a sultan.

Could it be an accident?

 

[lovinchicks]

I don't know. I was suppossed to receive 4 Light Sussex from Sandhill Preservation. I got no pure Light Sussex. This one had the 5 toes, and no black. The other 3 had 4 toes and looked more light sussex, but they look like my mixed breed LS that I have hatched out, not pure. So I called them and talked to the wife. With lots of attitude she told me that they can not be mixed. I said I wasn't calling to complain, and that settled her down a bit, and she said that her husband know the breeds, and that he would have to call me back. I told her I would email a picture of all the birds to make it easier, and she said that would be great. Well, I never heard back from them, and I never called them back because I didn't want to hear more attitude on how they are so busy, the birds could change, yada-yada-yada.

 

[lovinchicks]

On top of all that, you have to order a min of 25 birds for them to ship. We said ok and filled the order with other birds too because we wanted the light Sussex, and this is what we get. No light sussex- Go figure, lol.

 

[Dwkuska]

Nope no feathering on legs or feet. I kept waiting for her black feathers to come in to be a Light Sussex, then my husband found her 5 toes when she was about a month old, lol. I asked Sandhill preservation if they could be getting mixed light sussex, and she claimed no way. I think they have an escape artist, or they really don't know what they are doing. They never called me back, when I sent pictures investigating??

It could be possible she is a genetic mutation. That would explain the 5th toe, and possible the "albino" appearance. I would look around and see if Sandhill has a reputation of inbreeding their birds multiple generations at a time.

 

[Lolachick07]

I'm not sure, but she's a pretty girl!

 

[Lothiriel]

Sultans have 5 toes, but that is clearly not a sultan.

Could it be an accident?

That's right. I always forget Sultans.

 

[lovinchicks]

It could be possible she is a genetic mutation. That would explain the 5th toe, and possible the "albino" appearance. I would look around and see if Sandhill has a reputation of inbreeding their birds multiple generations at a time.

hhhmmmm. That could be a interesting possibility. Here's another picture of one of the other birds we got sent that was suppossed to be Light Sussex. This one only has 4 toes though