How did i end up with a gray chicken?

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Hello, i’d genuinely like to know.
Back at the end of November/start of december, 2021, I hatched 3 eggs from this hen-
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Two turned out mostly white, save for some red leakage on one and black leakage on the other, but the third turned out gray, as shown below. She lays off white eggs, also shown below-
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I am very confused on how this happened, as none of the roosters who could’ve been the father at the time looked gray. All the roosters who could’ve been the father are shown below-
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Hello, i’d genuinely like to know.
Back at the end of November/start of december, 2021, I hatched 3 eggs from this hen-
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Two turned out mostly white, save for some red leakage on one and black leakage on the other, but the third turned out gray, as shown below. She lays off white eggs, also shown below-
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I am very confused on how this happened, as none of the roosters who could’ve been the father at the time looked gray. All the roosters who could’ve been the father are shown below-View attachment 3129467View attachment 3129468View attachment 3129469View attachment 3129478
The dad was one of the EEs, I'm guessing probably the last one. The gray color came from him.
 
Hello, i’d genuinely like to know.
Back at the end of November/start of december, 2021, I hatched 3 eggs from this hen-
View attachment 3129464
Two turned out mostly white, save for some red leakage on one and black leakage on the other, but the third turned out gray, as shown below. She lays off white eggs, also shown below-
View attachment 3129465
View attachment 3129466
I am very confused on how this happened, as none of the roosters who could’ve been the father at the time looked gray. All the roosters who could’ve been the father are shown belView attachment 3129467

Then hen is clearly Heterozygous dominant white, it could be a California White(White Leghorn x California Gray), White Leghorns can hide blue and barring and even mottling. The F1 female offspring will be Blue/Blue Birchen
 
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