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Hey!  I just hatched my first partridge chick--I think s/he's adorable, and have named him Wicket after the Star War's Ewok.  Still kinda intimidated by the partridge color--it seems complicated.  But, excited to jump in and see where we go!

I also have a little chick I'm unsure of, but wondering if it is blue partridge?  What do you think?

Thanks for looking!!!

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Okay, here is my partridge baby Katie Jr. I know she is partridge cuz she is clearly colored like a partridge with the two white lines on her back ect.. Now this is another baby that I am not sure if she is partridge or not what do you think? She doesn't have the little white stripes on her back. Here is a pic of both of them. Katie Jr. is at the top of the pic and noname is at the bottom next to my mix oegb/silkie. Do you think she is a partridge?

Well, since I am on here hoping for help with my chicks I won't be much good to you, but they are cute chicks!  I think a stripe is not absolutely necessary for a chick to be considered partridge, but I don't know...let's hope someone else pops on to help us!  Congrats on your hatch!

thank you! That first chick you posted is a doll! And what a nice head of hair she has!!!

Congrats to both of you on the new babies!  Partridge marked chicks can end up being something quite different when they get older. I have one roo who was clearly a chipmunk at hatch, and now is a deep dark Blue with gold leakage. Another one turned into almost a solid Buff color. The roo I kept was closest to being correct, but still the markings and color placement aren't right. This is my first year with Silkies, and I ended up with quite a few Blue Partridges. The pullets all seem to be pretty uniform, the cockerels are not. Looks like the hard part of Partridges will be to get a properly marked roo!

Thanks!  There is no doubt I'm a proud momma. :)  I actually have to regularly use a little water and smooth the hair away from her eyes so she can see, as I've done for this pic.  Otherwise she can't see where she's going or find the food!

Thanks, that's very helpful!  So, would chipmunk colored chicks who grow up to look different (blue, whatever) still carry the partridge gene?  Or was there some other reason they looked chipmunkish as a chick?  And does my top chick (the brown fluffy one) look chipmunk enough to be thought partridge or is the pattern too muted?

There's so much to learn about partridge!

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Originally Posted by Debbi 

Congrats to both of you on the new babies!  Partridge marked chicks can end up being something quite different when they get older. I have one roo who was clearly a chipmunk at hatch, and now is a deep dark Blue with gold leakage. Another one turned into almost a solid Buff color. The roo I kept was closest to being correct, but still the markings and color placement aren't right. This is my first year with Silkies, and I ended up with quite a few Blue Partridges. The pullets all seem to be pretty uniform, the cockerels are not. Looks like the hard part of Partridges will be to get a properly marked roo!

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Originally Posted by Country Chickens 

Hey!  I just hatched my first partridge chick--I think s/he's adorable, and have named him Wicket after the Star War's Ewok.  Still kinda intimidated by the partridge color--it seems complicated.  But, excited to jump in and see where we go!

 

I also have a little chick I'm unsure of, but wondering if it is blue partridge?  What do you think?

 

Thanks for looking!!!

Partridge is actually pretty simple.  The bottom chick looks more like a grey than a partridge.

Yes
 

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Originally Posted by Sharksandguitars 

Okay, here is my partridge baby Katie Jr. I know she is partridge cuz she is clearly colored like a partridge with the two white lines on her back ect.. Now this is another baby that I am not sure if she is partridge or not what do you think? She doesn't have the little white stripes on her back. Here is a pic of both of them. Katie Jr. is at the top of the pic and noname is at the bottom next to my mix oegb/silkie. Do you think she is a partridge?