What on Earth am I raising?!

[FrostHollow]

Ok... This bird has me 100% baffled, but I love her.

Born; white with very broken dark slate chipmunk patterning and a weird orange/yellow iridescent cast over fluff.

5 weeks; ORANGE with cream cheek and leg fluff and barring all over.

Tail and head feathers still scream "My dad is the Silkie!"

5 toes, darker skin, big dark eyes (that now glow dark amber in the right light)

Possible hens based on egg color she hatched from;

Salmon Faverolles
Light Brahma
Cuckoo Marans
Buff Orpington
Silver Lace Wyandotte
Gold Lace Wyandotte
Rhode Island Red
Bielefelder
Sapphire Gem
Random EE... Although all my EEs lay green or blue (Weirder has happened)

Is she considered partridge of some sort? Wheaten? Crele? Who on this weird farm is her mom? Is she even from this planet?!

 

[nuthatched]

She certainly is orange!

 

[FrostHollow]

She certainly is orange!

Right?! I have never seen a bird this orange that wasn't in a super filtered photo. She looks like a running piece of flame or burning paper LOL

 

[JedJackson]

You don't say what color the Silkie father is, and that makes a big difference in determining the mother. But you can exclude Wyandottes because of comb type, and probably Faverolles due to lack of beard in the chick.

As far as color goes, it doesn't fit any specific pattern. It's gold based. I see no barring.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Welcome from New Orleans, glad to meet you and happy one year anniversary. (well almost).
I Think she is a beautiful orange and I am anxious to see what she looks like when her adult feathers come in. I bet she will a unique, but beautiful bird. Please continue to let us see picture as she grows. Thank you

 

[SourRoses]

Buff Orp for the mom.
The genes that make Buff are complicated and can act in weird ways.

She will probably mature to a buff-like color, maybe lighter or darker.
Amber eyes are not unusual, they will probably become a more pronounced yellow or red as she ages.

 

[lacychappell4]

Very pretty

 

[sybonbon]

Ok... This bird has me 100% baffled, but I love her.

Born; white with very broken dark slate chipmunk patterning and a weird orange/yellow iridescent cast over fluff.

5 weeks; ORANGE with cream cheek and leg fluff and barring all over.

Tail and head feathers still scream "My dad is the Silkie!"

5 toes, darker skin, big dark eyes (that now glow dark amber in the right light)

Possible hens based on egg color she hatched from;

Salmon Faverolles
Light Brahma
Cuckoo Marans
Buff Orpington
Silver Lace Wyandotte
Gold Lace Wyandotte
Rhode Island Red
Bielefelder
Sapphire Gem
Random EE... Although all my EEs lay green or blue (Weirder has happened)

Is she considered partridge of some sort? Wheaten? Crele? Who on this weird farm is her mom? Is she even from this planet?!

What does your EE and Silkie look like?