Strange feet on recent hatch, one bird even has six toes on each foot!

Dumb Kluck

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Mar 26, 2014
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So my lovely hatch of 9 healthy chicks all have funny feet. Their dad was a silkie roo so I expect some feathered feet & extra toes, but what I got blew my mind! Moms were speckled sussex, wyandotte & RIR. My lil red chicks back toe on one foot is pointed up, should I do something with this to correct, or is it too late, perhaps just unique? Chicks are 13 days today.
My black chick has six toes on each foot (although the 6th toe & nail looks residual or conjoined/duplicated from the 5th...

And the fluffy feathers are popping out everywhere...

And a couple shots of the whole gang, day 1 and day 12

Love them all, just concerned about the extra extra toe(s) and the odd back toe on the red chick. Any insight, advice, or senseless gushing over my backyard mutt hatchlings will be greatly appreciated.
 
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What breed roo?
" Their dad was a silkie roo so I expect some feathered feet & extra toes, but what I got blew my mind! "
And I've never actually seen the roo or the hens, just know what I was told by the young couple who happened to have 10 eggs for $8 when my lil redhead went broody. I picked up my chicken seeds in the parking lot of home depot LOL I guess I could email & ask for parent pics, seeing as how they asked for chick pics & I've been generously providing progress reports :D
 
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Yep, Silkies and their crosses are weird like that. I breed Silkies, so those look like normal feet to me ;)

You've got a bunch of cuties there, enjoy them!
 
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Yep, Silkies and their crosses are weird like that. I breed Silkies, so those look like normal feet to me
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You've got a bunch of cuties there, enjoy them!

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