white toe nailed silkies

[joe17]

I have a question about some silkie chicks. I have only a couple of silkies that have black feet but white nails. Should I breed this bird or show it? I would think it would just grow out. Ohh and one of them has 4 black nails and 1 white one! Should I breed her and show her?? I never noticed in the standards that the nails should all be black. idk

 

[ultasol]

Don't worry about it. Some seem to outgrow it and some don't. There are a few lines that tend to throw the chicks with pink toes at hatch.

 

[New Hatcher]

I have some chicks with the samething but the ones with the white toes also have white tips on the end of the wings and a gray colored chest.

 

[ultasol]

I don't get the off colored feathers at hatch, just the skin of the toes. It has often changed with age, but not always.

 

[canyoncritters]

My cuckoo and splash silkies hatch with the white tipped toes, oh and the lavenders. they do always outgrow it, or at least mine do, and they have shown fine.

 

[New Hatcher]

I don't mind the funny colors I don't think mine are show quality anyways just pets and for myself to breed. I hope to get hens to help me hatch out my other eggs, because I share a bator with someone else.