Blue/Black/Splash - Can it be determined at hatch?

[fatcatx]

My question relates to Orpingtons but could apply to Blues of other breeds. I have been searching high and low here and on the web for this info and have yet to find it. My apolgies if this is a repeat. Can you determine whether a chick is a Blue/Black/Splash when it hatches? Are the lightest, yellow & lavendar looking chicks always the Splash? Or do some of these develop into Blues? All info greatly appreciated!

 

[Felix1]

Yes, in my limited experience once they dry it's very easy to tell. Splash will be much lighter than the blue/black

 

[fatcatx]

So the blues and blacks look alike or is there a way to tell the difference?

 

[nicalandia]

So the blues and blacks look alike or is there a way to tell the difference?

well the Blacks will be black and the blues will be dark grey, the splash will look nearly white....BUT on some blues there are very light blues(I have a light blue gene) that can pass as splash..

 

[fatcatx]

The picture below is from another person's post. Arrows are mine. I noted the colors that were my best guess based on other internet postings. Wodering if I got it right or if what I have noted as a Blue is probably a Black and/or if what I have noted as a Splash could turn into a Blue. Are the Splash lighter than what is below?

 

[fatcatx]

looking over what other people have posted on other threads, it looks like maybe there are no Splash in this pic , a blue, and 2 black?