Recessive white gene in my bbs silkie pen? Pics of chicks!

[silkieluver_07]

I have a pen of blue, black, and splash silkies. So far out of this year hatches I have only hatched no black, only blue and splash/white. I didn't grow any of the "splash" chicks out because I sold them to customers. Monarc23 posted some pictures of chicks that she hatched out of my eggs and they have yet to show their splashing.

I'm not sure if I have a recessive white gene in my flock or since I breed some splash x splash that it dilutes the splash coloring? Here are pictures of chicks that hatched two days ago out of my eggs.

Visible blue chicks:

Questionable splash/white chicks:

 

[peachesdeese]

That first picture just kills me.....

Sorry I don't have an answer.... I just had to tell ya!

 

[chickenbottom]

i dont have an answer ither but they are adorable

 

[lotzahenz]

I read somewere that splash x splash always creates blue? Very nice chicks.

 

[Teresaann24]

cute chicks I am also having a problem I hatched 2 chicks that was I thought from my gray silkies pen but when they hatched one looks blue and one looks splash. I posted pics and was told the same both are getting their wing feathers in and are snow white. I am confused because These eggs could have only came from my gray or black pen my whites were not laying at the time. It sure is mind boggling.

ETA: These 2 are the only colored chicks like this that have hatched from my birds in almost 2 years. (No new lines added)

 

[insiderart]

God love 'em! Looks like you are about to squeeze their heads off! (I know you aren't they look fine. Just thought it was funny.)

They are pretty though.

 

[Thomas423]

Hey Hannah,
I bought 2 silkies from you that you thought were splash at first but then said you thought they were white. They are definately all white. And pretty too!!
Here's a pic of them when I first got them at about 3 weeks old.

I'll post a pic of them now (10 weeks old) tomorrow.

I'll be interested in the responses to your question so all you color experts chime in here.

 

[Thomas423]

Quote:
Blue to blue = 50%blue, 25%black, 25%splash
Black to blue = 50%blue, 50%black
Black to splash = 100%blue
Blue to splash = 50%blue, 50%splash
Splash to splash = 100%splash

 

[TK Poultry]

a white gene somewhere in your splash bird might dilute your splash offspring if you breed it too a splash but i dont think to the point were they are almost white i would think it would only decrease the splashing!

but im a hobbyist at the moment getting my ducks in a row to start breeding lol

 

[SunAngel]

Quote:
I have a white chick that I hatched from Hannahs eggs that look exactly like yours...same color beak also

They are all so adorable, but I would have sworn mine would be splash also.

ETA: That first chick has an attitude, you can see it already!