Newbie Silkie color question. Splash variety?

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Hi all! New silkie owner here from southern Ontario.

I was told I was getting all silkies; a silver partridge, a white, a blue splash and a chocolate. Watching them grow and seeing their colors change has been so enjoyable/rewarding, but I’m not really sure what they ‘are’.

Would you call the sizzle(?) pullet, Falcon, a partridge?

The roos, Mr. Buffy & Anton, looked completely different as chicks and are now very similar looking. What are they called? Some type of splash variation?

Any ideas on chick colors that could come out given my current mix?

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Beautiful birds!😍
Your boys are mixed color, looks like Columbian markings and some silver.
Hard to tell if your last one is chocolate or partridge, do you have a side view photo?
What do you think @LynnaePB? 😊
 
Beautiful birds!😍
Your boys are mixed color, looks like Columbian markings and some silver.
Hard to tell if your last one is chocolate or partridge, do you have a side view photo?
What do you think @LynnaePB?😊
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Thanks! I’ve never heard of Columbian - interesting!

Here’s some side views of Falcon.
 
So there’s a chocolate in the bunch after all! 🍫 Cool! She’s my friendliest 🙂
So there’s a chocolate in the bunch after all! 🍫 Cool! She’s my friendliest 🙂
The frizzled hen looks more partridge to me 🙂 She’s a very pretty girl but the orange tint and the pencilling on the feathers is not something I’ve ever seen on my chocolates, either in the adults or the juvies; my chocolates typically have a very even color with no orange leakage.
There is such a thing as a chocolate partridge but I think this girl is a regular partridge, her frizzled feathers just make the color look a bit different than it normally would 😁 I could be wrong but thats what she looks like on my phone screen 😊 here’s a picture of one of my chocolates just to compare the color
 

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