Barred Rock Roo x Easter egger hens

[Coop Clatter]

I hatched 3 chicks from blue eggs. The rooster is a barred rock. Two chicks are silvery gray with irregular yellow/white head patch. One is black with irregular yellow/white head patch. Are these chicks all considered blue? Does the difference in color relate to sex of chicks?

 

[Gray Farms]

No they won't be sexable at hatch. All offspring will be barred. The female has to be the barred one to make sexlinks. And the male a solid color other than white.