Silkie chicks help identifying colour of Chick

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Hi there! I keep mostly silkies, I have splash silkies, black and white. I got my original silkies when they were a couple weeks old already so I didnt see them as newly hatched chicks. I just hatched a few silkie eggs from a hatchery, and they were all supposed to be black silkies, however, they look a bit different from each other, one especially. Can anyone help me identify what colour it will be? Specifically the one with stripes, I read online it may be partridge instead but I wanted to confirm with experienced silkie keepers. I have four in total, one is much darker, two are lighter and then the one with stripes, I expected them to be similar in colour as chicks since they should all end up being black silkies, any help would be appreciated! Thank you!
 

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The first two lighter ones are likely blue.
The one with the chipmunk stripes could be a blue or a silver partridge, but may very well end up feathering in black.
Last one is black. :)
 

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