Silkie Chicks, what color will they be

[Mattisonmandi]

ok I have two silkie chicks that hatched this week. I think one is a blue but the other I’m not sure! Any ideas?
Thanks!

 

[Gray Farms]

Need background on them. Are they out of pure stock or could the be mixed colors?

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

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Where did you get the eggs?

 

[Mattisonmandi]

Need background on them. Are they out of pure stock or could the be mixed colors?

So all silkies, rooster is buff, hens are paint, blue, partridge and I have a white hen but I’m not sure if she’s laying yet and a black sizzle roo but he is possibly to young too.

 

[Mattisonmandi]

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Where did you get the eggs?

They are from our silkies. Colors are in last reply.

 

[Gray Farms]

Your going to have to wait until they feather out then.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Since your only rooster is the buff silkie, all your chicks are going to be half buff. So even if they do look all blue, for example, they aren't pure. So I can tell you what some of them look like, but they aren't those true colors. When they get older they may get other coloring from the buff roo.

You have some that look blue. probably from your blue hens.
The other one is probably from your partridge hen, since it has partridge markings.

 

[Mattisonmandi]

Your going to have to wait until they feather out then.

Awwwww. I thought that might be the case. It’s my first time hatching silkie eggs. Thank you!

 

[Mattisonmandi]

Since your only rooster is the buff silkie, all your chicks are going to be half buff. So even if they do look all blue, for example, they aren't pure. So I can tell you what some of them look like, but they aren't those true colors. When they get older they may get other coloring from the buff roo.

You have some that look blue. probably from your blue hens.
The other one is probably from your partridge hen, since it has partridge markings.

Curious are partridge markings the “tiger” type stripes and dots?

 

[Sneebsey]

From chick down alone, Silver partridge, partridge, and two blues. As @Crazy for Chickens! says, though, you will likely start to see colour coming through on the two blues, and Colombian and Dark-Brown genes pushing the black to the tail and neck in your two partridge chicks. The stripes are partridge chick down, yes.