Pink Skinned Silkie Chicks?

[Myavia]

Hi there!

I just hatched 16 of my silkies egg. 14 hatched, and out of the 14 about 9 have pink skin (toes, beak, and skin)! All of my adult silkies have black skin. I also have polish chickens, which they *couldve* bred with, but I’ve never ever seen my Polish even breed with eachother yet, and my polish have black skin, feet, and beaks.
I own no chickens with non-black skin.
I bought my silkies (the parents of these new chicks) as eggs last June, and hatched them myself. The lady I bought the eggs off of had about 30 silkies, and I think a few were silkie Cochin x.
Almost all of the pink skinned silkies are light in colour (white, paint, light partridge). I also believe they all share the same father, a white with a few spots (not a paint, more of a mixed colour). He does have a more blueish beak compared to my other silkies with blacker beaks, and he has a lighter mulberry comb.
Why are so many of my Silkie chicks pink skinned?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Do you have pictures? My guess would be they aren't pure.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Pictures will help.

 

[Myavia]

Do you have pictures? My guess would be they aren't pure.

Pictures will help.

one of the pink skinned chicks

another pink skinned chick

another pink skinned chick

partridge with pink feet

the two paint chicks have black skin, beaks, and feet

 

[Myavia]

Do you have pictures? My guess would be they aren't pure.

Out of all of the eggs I got from her, they all hatched into beautiful Silkie chickens (all but 1 had 5 toes, all but 1 had a walnut comb, all had Silkie feathering, all had black skin (minus the rooster, who had a light beak that turned blue later on.. but I can’t remember if his feet were black or not).

The breeder I bought the eggs from only had silkies, and out of her 30+ silkies she only had about 3 smooth feather silkies, so I’m assuming the smooth feather silkies were mixed with something, but none of the chicks I hatched had smooth feathers.

 

[MysteryChicken]

one of the pink skinned chicksView attachment 2483661

another pink skinned chickView attachment 2483662

another pink skinned chickView attachment 2483663

partridge with pink feetView attachment 2483664

the two paint chicks have black skin, beaks, and feetView attachment 2483665

They look like purebred silkie chicks. Just poor quality.

 

[Myavia]

They look like purebred silkie chicks. Just poor quality.

i really hope the skin darkens.. even the chicks I’ve had before with lighter skin darkened. I think this must be because my white rooster is fertilizing all of the eggs, and he’s a bit lighter?

 

[MysteryChicken]

i really hope the skin darkens.. even the chicks I’ve had before with lighter skin darkened. I think this must be because my white rooster is fertilizing all of the eggs, and he’s a bit lighter?

It's possible.


Pink Skinned silkie varieties exist. Have you heard of Siamese Silkies? They're very rare in the US. They exist mainly in Asian Countries.

 

[Myavia]

It's possible.


Pink Skinned silkie varieties exist. Have you heard of Siamese Silkies? They're very rare in the US. They exist mainly in Asian Countries.

Oh wow, I’ve never heard of those! So they’re just pink skinned silkies?

All of my silkies are bearded

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I would think the skin will darken as they mature. They look pure to me as well.