What colour is this silkie and is he pure?

[ECA]

Hi all, I picked up this boy yesterday and I’m curious of his colour and if he is pure.
don’t mind the dust in the photo he is in quarantine with a horrible scaly foot infestation

I will post better photos tomorrow in daylight

 

[ECA]

Comb

 

[Willawong Hill]

Hi, I'm mostly just posting to follow as i'm interested in the answer. i would have guessed partridge but he seems fairly dark and i'm not good with colours on silkies. I suspect more photos of him standing up would be helpful for shape in terms of quality (as i think in chickens asking if they're pure means asking if they're good quality) along with checking his skin colour everywhere (any light toes/nails?) and number of toes. hope he turns out to be a sweetie for you!

 

[ECA]

It’s hard to get a photo of him, he is very shy.
He’s not in the best of condition but hopefully with a bit of love he’ll be fine hopefully these pictures are better

 

[ECA]

5 toes and dark skin, I’ve just never came across a silkie this colour

 

[Willawong Hill]

I think every chicken loves a bit of TLC. He looks chocolate to me, but i don't know if that's a colour found in silkies- though a quick google shows some other images that look similar. You could see what happens when you breed him as i think chocolate is sex linked (though you'd need to breed a chocolate hen from his offspring to know). Otherwise, his comb, skin colour and number of toes all seem right for silkie.

 

[ECA]

Interesting, I’ll see how he looks after he grows some new feathers in. If I were to put him with a couple of hens what colour should they be? Black hens?

 

[Willawong Hill]

Judging by this colour calculator, if he is chocolate and put to a black hen then you would get chocolate pullets and black cockerels as it is sex linked recessive not dominant. http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator if he isn't chocolate but a really dark partidge or gold birchen you will only get black chicks so that may help to tell. Good luck!