Silkie chicks color question/PICS

[jen5680]

If someone would be kind enough to tell me what color these are. I no that #2 is a little yellow chick and that it will grow up to be white but what about #1 and #3 seems to be white but I thought white baby silkies were yellow.
thanks!!

 

[joe17]

It looks buff not white. I had some buffs and whites and I could tell the difference. The others look blue.

 

[jen5680]

No, it for sure isn't buff.

 

[Redcatcher]

A lot depends on what the hen ate as she was forming the egg. If the hen had been eating a lot of greens and a carotene rich diet, the chick will absorb the coloring from the yolk and the down will be yellow. The yolks on some of my eggs are deep orange and white chicks hatch out bright yellow to light orange.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Yellow vs white down is genetic. Whether a hen's diet can influence the colour of down is something I have not heard before.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

#2 looks buff. #3 looks white. My white silkie chicks have always had white down.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

#1 is either white (carrying one or two copies of silver), blue or splash. It would help to see the entire bird, not just its head.

 

[Redcatcher]

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Agreed but the bright orange yolks can turn the down yellow on an otherwise white chick.

 

[Redcatcher]

I color fed a white OEG hen once and ended up with a peach colored bird. She looked dyed but she was not. Of course she turned white again the next time she molted.

 

[LilPeeps]

#1 looks blue, #2 buff, #3 white or splash, looks more white though. Can you get full body pics of each chick?