rare colors

My Orpington chicks started to hatched. These are Black split Lavender Orpington and BBS Red Laced Orpington chicks from Papa's Poultry.

I bought these two silkies thinking they were buff when they were aprox. 2 to 3 days old. They are not coloring up buff at all. They seem way to light and one has a pattern. They are pure bred and came from one of the big breeders that supply the feed stores. I just started raising silkies and...

I have a couple silkies that I hatched but I’m unsure of the color. The rooster is a white showgirl with a silver gene. Then hen is a partridge showgirl possibly with a blue or silver gene. Maybe someone that’s been breeding silkies can tell me what I have. I’ve only had them about 6 months.