What cross breed do you think this is?

[samjr]

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Maybe Silkie/leghorn cross?

 

[Peep-Chicken]

A better picture would help. It looks like a regular pet quality Black silkie to me.

And in the picture, it's feet kind of look swollen.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

A better picture would help. It looks like a regular pet quality Black silkie to me.

And in the picture, it's feet kind of look swollen.

Don't regular silkies normally have walnut combs? And aren't their earlobes purple?

 

[torilovessmiles]

Don't regular silkies normally have walnut combs? And aren't their earlobes purple?

I have a silkie with a single comb from a hatchery. Since the single comb is recessive, it can show sometimes when both parents have a heterozygous genotype . This is poor breeding practice, but it's a common flaw among hatchery-bred silkie. Silkies also have blue ears

 

[Peep-Chicken]

I have a silkie with a single comb from a hatchery. Since the single comb is recessive, it can show sometimes when both parents have a heterozygous genotype . This is poor breeding practice, but it's a common flaw among hatchery-bred silkie. Silkies also have blue ears

Exactly.

 

[drumstick diva]

That is the strangest comb I have ever seen, more like a hood, I don't think this is poor quality, it is a mix, and his feet look bad, swollen or scaly mites - poor thing.

 

[samjr]

Yes he does look in bad shape. My daughter picked him up about 2 weeks and there is also a hen in similar condition. They both feel horrible to hold. How can I tell if its scaley mites or a moult?