Need orp help!! blue vs. blk orp? Does anyone have pics?

[loot4louie]

I have hatched 4 blue orp eggs in the last 3 months. I have had 2 black and yellow chicks and 2 silver/soft grey and yellow chicks. AT first I assumed the blk/yellow were black orps, but they are feathering out muted dark grey/black. They don't have the irredescent green sheen of a true black. SO I understand splash is white or blue shade with black patches, ard black is black, but are there "shades" of blue? What do I call these dark grey/black birds-blue or black? Sorry I am sure this is a stupid question but I want to educate myself to aviod stupidity in the future! LOL

 

[joletabey]

I am just learning, also, I have blue Orps, and they are different shades. From what I understand, the blacks WILL have the green sheen - your little lighter ones might be splashes?
Here are my blues- find the thread that Bama started with pics of her chicks- and there is another Orp thread that has pics of blues-
A blue with two blacks ( about 2 months old)

two blues at about a month old:

blue baby :