When will I be able to tell if my silkie mix has silkie feathering or regular feathering?

[Kennas_Kritters]

I hatched out a adorable chick from a fairy egg recently. She is from a EE rooster over a silkie hen. She is just a baby right now but I would like to know when I'll be able to tell if she has silkie feathering or just regular feathering? She obviously has a small Crest on her head lik a silkie and she has the 5 toes but I wonder if her feathers will be silkie like as well? If so when will I know for sure? Also if you happen to know what color she might turn out to be please comment! Thanks.

 

[Swbertrand1]

They'll likely have a mix of feathering.
We mixed an Easter Egger with our Silkie roo in the spring of 2020, and they had all kinds of mixed feathering. The looked more like Easter Eggers, but one had five toes, and they all had some leg/feet feathering...

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I hatched out a adorable chick from a fairy egg recently. She is from a EE rooster over a silkie hen. She is just a baby right now but I would like to know when I'll be able to tell if she has silkie feathering or just regular feathering? She obviously has a small Crest on her head lik a silkie and she has the 5 toes but I wonder if her feathers will be silkie like as well? If so when will I know for sure? Also if you happen to know what color she might turn out to be please comment! Thanks.

She’s adorable! Congratulations! She will have regular smooth feathers as the silkie feathers are recessive. Unless your Easter Egger has silkied feathers somewhere in their background.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It will have normal hard feathering unless the rooster is part silkie. Then it will be a few weeks

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I should add, all my silkie crosses have much softer feathers than their smooth feathered parents but they are not silkied.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I hatched out a adorable chick from a fairy egg recently. She is from a EE rooster over a silkie hen. She is just a baby right now but I would like to know when I'll be able to tell if she has silkie feathering or just regular feathering? She obviously has a small Crest on her head lik a silkie and she has the 5 toes but I wonder if her feathers will be silkie like as well? If so when will I know for sure? Also if you happen to know what color she might turn out to be please comment! Thanks.

Found a photo of my girl when she was about your chicks age! Thought you might enjoy the similarities.

 

[Kennas_Kritters]

Found a photo of my girl when she was about your chicks age! Thought you might enjoy the similarities.View attachment 2787784

She is adorable! Do you have pictures of her as a adult?

 

[Kennas_Kritters]

It will have normal hard feathering unless the rooster is part silkie. Then it will be a few weeks

I honestly have no clue what the dad has in him. He has super shiny black feathers. They have like a green/purple/blue shine to them. He is gorgeous though!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

She is adorable! Do you have pictures of her as a adult?

Yes, I have posted them before.
She is half Ameraucana, so similar to half EE, but not quite. Your little one will likely feather in black or blue. Hard to tell for sure in the lighting in the photo.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I honestly have no clue what the dad has in him. He has super shiny black feathers. They have like a green/purple/blue shine to them. He is gorgeous though!

What color is the silkie mom?