Help with color of BBS Ameraucana chick

[DiamondJFarms.com]

Here are my BBS little guys at 1 week old. I'm pretty sure one is black, but the other two, who I thought were both blue, are different shades, with one having some yellow tinge to its fuzz. Is it possible that it is a dark Splash, instead of a light Blue? What do you think?

 

[Chickndaddy]

The last picture looks like two blues and a splash to me.

 

[DiamondJFarms.com]

Here they are as day olds

Chick #1 Black (I think)

Chick #2 & #3 (Blues ?)

All 3 together

 

[Krys109uk]

None of them look black. The chick you are thinking of as possibly black is blue. Black chicks look very black.

 

[speckledhen]

Never saw one with a dark "saddle" like that and I've hatched many BBS Orps in the last few years. Not splash or black, IMO, all blue.

 

[DiamondJFarms.com]

Maybe the "dark saddle" is due to them being Ameraucana.

 

[speckledhen]

No, I've raised BBS Ameraucanas myself. Never saw one like that.

**Didn't mean to say Orp previously, though I've been raising BBS Orps for years.

 

[amazondoc]

I'd go with dark blue, light blue, and splash.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi Joycelyn! They look like 3 blues to me.
They can feather out into shades from the lightest pale slate (like this girl ) to dark, almost black.
I hope you like blues!

Lisa

 

[DiamondJFarms.com]

Well, Dipsy Doodle Doo, you would be the one to know! They are your chicks. LOL.

The two lighter ones are already getting tail feathers, and the darker one has none. Do your female chicks tail feather faster than males?? If so, I think I have a Blue trio. How cool is that?