Are these gray silkies? (Pics included)

[silkieluver_07]

I have a flock of blue, splash, buff, and partridge silkies (plus a lonely black hen) that I hatched eggs from to get some unique mixed colors. I have a blue, buff, and partridge roo in the breeding pen. At first I thought my chicks were partridge, but two out of the three have a silver hackle instead of the gold. They appear to be gray instead of partridge. Is it possible that my partridges may carry a recessive gray gene? I plan on seperating my silkies by colornow so I can see what pairings produce which chicks.

As chicks:

4-5 weeks old:

 

[joza2210]

They could be but in some of the pictures they look blue and in some they look cuckoo

 

[Break an Egg]

Blue with pretty barring.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Yes, they are grey. Not blue; not cuckoo.

 

[LilPeeps]

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Agreed. They are definitely grey.

 

[nzpouter]

looks like gold silver split on the 2nd to last pic...

 

[Golden the Bantam]

yes those are definitely some kind of silkies. my friends have two.

 

[silkieluver_07]

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There is a bit of gold in the one chick. How did I end up with grays?

 

[nzpouter]

either your blue roo/ hen or black hen is silver based...