Does all silkies have black skin (pictures)

KarrieAnne0514

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So I bought some eggs from a local farm to hatch. They was supposed to be full blooded silkies. I have had 2 hatch so far(out of 10) one has black skin and 5 toes and then I get this little guy. He only has 4 toes and has pink/white skin. I paid good money for these eggs. But now I am wondering what I should do? I wanted all silkies to breed and raise for show and sell.
Her silkies are beautiful. I am curious if I should wait until all the others have hatched and then message her?
 

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So I bought some eggs from a local farm to hatch. They was supposed to be full blooded silkies. I have had 2 hatch so far(out of 10) one has black skin and 5 toes and then I get this little guy. He only has 4 toes and has pink/white skin. I paid good money for these eggs. But now I am wondering what I should do? I wanted all silkies to breed and raise for show and sell.
Her silkies are beautiful. I am curious if I should wait until all the others have hatched and then message her?
I'm not too familiar with silkies, but that definitely doesn't look like one. I would contact the seller with pics and let her know. Congrats on your chicks! @Fur-N-Fowl is this a silkie?
 
Doesn't look Silkie to me! I think someone else’s egg has been put into your batch from her.

However, as a general note, there is light skin silkies called Siamese Silkies which are fair skinned and red combed. Paints and cuckoo silkies can also have patchy toned skin.
 
It also doesn't look like a silkie to me - I just hatched silkies, Cochins, and a few crosses from the same pen. All crosses had characteristics of the silkie, but I knew the eggs were from our cochin hens. One did have light skin and beak (which threw me off at first), but had the fifth toe. Yours must have been a different egg that got mixed in there or maybe she hadn't had her breeding pens set up for long enough and it's a cross where the silkie traits have been lost.

I've attached a photo of my silkie crosses including the one with lighter skin.
 

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