4 week old silkie | What color is it?

[Cloverr39]

Okay, no headspot, just some light reflecting off the head, so not Cuckoo.

So if he's not cuckoo, what do you think he could be?

 

[MysteryChicken]

The striping is probably due to him being a partridge, but a blue Silver partridge. The silver in the neck should start coming in as he approaches puberty.

 

[Cloverr39]

The striping is probably due to him being a partridge, but a blue Silver partridge. The silver in the neck should start coming in as he approaches puberty.

Okay. I'll post some update photos in a couple weeks. I'm already sure he's gonna look very pretty and unique.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Okay. I'll post some update photos in a couple weeks. I'm already sure he's gonna look very pretty and unique.

Sounds good.

I'll be surprised if ends up solid blue.

 

[Buckingham Palace]

i was thinking a chocolate. Maybe a dark chockie. I’m not a sure tho. I have also never seem a blue partrige so I dont know how they would look. Sorry I’m noting being Very helpful.

 

[Cloverr39]

I took some photos in more natural lighting. He definitely looks more on the bluer side. But I don't think blue chicks are supposed to be born brown.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Silver Blue, partridge instead of gold based.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would breeding blue partridge to my blacks get me any proper colors or would they just be weird mixed colors?

Blue X Black = 50% Blue, & 50% Black. In your mixing of those you can get leakage in the hackles, Saddle areas. Black can hide alot of other colors too, like Gold, Silver, & Red for examples.


Here's a BBS inheritance chart.

 

[Cloverr39]

Hello. They're 7 weeks old now. Pookie has changed. He's looking very interesting. He seems to have a kind of faint striped pattern on his neck. Comb is very pink.

With Cloud I really struggled to get his color on camera as usual. He has a bit of buff on the tips of his wings and base of his tail. The rest is like a beige color.

I'm more interested to know what exactly Pookie is. I'm sorry for doubting @MysteryChicken 's guess that he's a silver blue partridge. I've never seen one of those, so I have no idea whet they look like.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hello. They're 7 weeks old now. Pookie has changed. He's looking very interesting. He seems to have a kind of faint striped pattern on his neck. Comb is very pink.
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With Cloud I really struggled to get his color on camera as usual. He has a bit of buff on the tips of his wings and base of his tail. The rest is like a beige color.
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I'm more interested to know what exactly Pookie is. I'm sorry for doubting @MysteryChicken 's guess that he's a silver blue partridge. I've never seen one of those, so I have no idea whet they look like.

Do you have pictures of them from day 1? Wanna make sure I didn't miss any clues in the chick down of Pookie?

The striping makes me think possible blue Cuckoo.