Blue? Black? Splash?!

[EmmaJane88]

Hi guys! I just hatched out my latest chicks (silkies). 3x are clearly partridge...

But some look like this

On first glance when still wet I assumed they too were partridge. However they have dark grey feet, blonde head & vent and the rest is tan coloured with the odd splatter of black. They don't have the sharp markings like the partridges do.

Any idea?!

 

[EmmaJane88]

Anybody? Xxx

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

They look blue to me, but that could change. They're super adorable!

 

[EmmaJane88]

I'm so proud of them- we thought we'd get all black so to end up with such gorgeous colours..! A couple had problems- one pipped the wrong end but I got her out eventually... Cutest batch of chicks I've ever hatched!

 

[EmmaJane88]

Now I dunno what they are! They're sprouting white feathers and getting lighter... Any ideas?

Any ideas welcome!!!

 

[EmmaJane88]

Anybody?

 

[keesmom]

What color pen did the eggs come from?

 

[EmmaJane88]

Thanks for replying
Black male (not BB as he has a red tinge to his mane) and either a partridge hen or lavender.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Those chicks look like they'll be white to me. On the Silkie thread, another member posted up pics of a blue chick that ended up turning into a white hen. If that's the case, more than one bird in the pen those chicks came from is carrying recessive white.

 

[keesmom]

Agree, it looks white. Silver gene whites are grey as chicks.