This, coupled with them being a feathered leg and foot type means they suffer more than their fair share of foot problems. Below: A good example of Silkie feet. Clean and well feathered with straight toes and short nails or claws. It's more desirable to have feathers on all 5 toes but at a minimum to the third toe especially if you want to show them.
I would never breed a Silkie with 4 toes, same goes for a single comb bird, or 6 toed bird. Yes, you will get some chicks that have the right amount of toes or comb, but the chicks will also carry that bad gene and it will keep coming up later on down the line in when you breed. From time to time it is necessary to clean a Silkies feet even if you are not showing them. Mine are always fine in the summer but in the wet and cold of winter they need a little extra care. Cleaning too often can be as much of a problem as not cleaning at all.
If your Silkies are kept in a dry covered run that doesn't get muddy or wet then a quick inspection of the feet every few weeks or so will be fine. Only do it if you have to otherwise it is a waste of time. They get mucky in the winter but generally sort themselves out in the summer.
I don't wash my birds. They dust bath as nature intended. Below: If you get calm birds and the correct water temp of 35C or 95F Silkies quite like having a bath. Soak the feet in the bathtub for at least 30 minutes then wash. Use a toothbrush to scrub if necessary. Rinse properly. As well as five toes, the Faverolle has a beard that gives them a fluffy face. They weigh approximately 7 pounds and can be very cuddly birds.
They will lay about eggs a year but some owners have said that their Faverolles have been especially broody, which can bring laying to a grinding halt. The Faverolle was actually introduced because the popular French breed at the time did not take well to being kept in a cage.
That breed was the Houdan, and this old French breed is another that has five toes on each foot. It is considered a very heavy bird, usually weighing around 8 pounds or more, and is now considered a rare breed that can be very difficult to get hold of, depending on where in the world you are located. Like the Faverolle, the Houdan also has a beard and is considered a sweet breed that is easy to handle and makes a friendly addition to the coop.
The Sultan breed comes from Turkey and is so-called because it was originally kept by Turkish royalty. They have been bred to be friendly, loving, and even loyal. They are considered entertaining, and not just for the unusual shock of bright white feathers on the head and white feathery legs.
The same positive traits of the Sultan, including friendliness and a sweet nature, also mean that the breed is not hardy. They cannot be thrown into the coop and left to fend for themselves. In fact, they are likely to be picked on if you have any overbearing breeds, and they are susceptible to predation. Like the Sultan, the Silkie Bantam is an ornamental breed.
Did silkies come from a different species of bird in china that no longer exists, or is it still descended from the red jungle fowl like everyone else?
Why do they have black skin? Evolutionarily speaking, WHY?! Someone just saw it and was like I like it. It's weird. Lets make more of these! I have been around chickens my whole life, but sadly i am not very educated about them. The only information I have acquired over the years was good ol fashioned country know-how.
And as I'm sure you are all aware, a lot of that information is usually inaccurate or outdated. This is my first time to have chickens AND the internet. And I love to learn new things. So anyone who has any answers, lay them on me, I am ready for some knowledge! Jun 18, 31, 4, Southern Oregon.
I don't know the particulars of silkie traits, but to my understanding pretty much all the "bells and whistles" a breed of animal gets usually started as some sort of spontaneous mutation. The first silkies must have been a labor of love for someone.
Someone high up the food chain must have been taken with the traits of the bird and made it worth someone else's effort to breed for those traits and stabilize the breed. Not very specific, I know Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years. Jan 4, 20, Tempe, Arizona. There are a few other 5-toed breeds in addition to silkies: dorkings, faverolles, houdans and sultans. Yes, silkies, like all chickens, are descended from jungle fowl.
Silkies, like dorkings are some of the oldest breeds in the world. Silkies are referenced in Chinese mythology from years ago, and over years ago they were documented by Aristotle in his Historia Animalum. There are two separate genes that cause polydactyly.
The normal one is incompletely dominant. There is also a relatively rare recessive polydactyly gene. S Post subject: Silkies and 5 toes. Posted: Sun Feb 28, am. Hi, Just trying to figure out if my silkie roo or croadX roo fathered the chicks that my silkie hen hatched today. I'll put some pictures up tomorrow when they wake up again. They seem to look very much like my pure silkie chicks, but this hen tends to hang around the croadX roo.
They have 5 toe's and feathers on their legs and down their middle toe, so just wondering if 5 toe's is a recessive trait and a cross would only get 4?
Posted: Mon Mar 01, am. She only managed to hatch out one little chick, so I hope the silkie roo is the father! Dan p.
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