Smokey color gene in chickens?

[SweetieChicken234]

Autosomal red will show in small patches as well. It's not a one trick poney, it has many faces.

What color they were as chicks will tell you if they actually have smokey. If the chicks were just black, & white then it's not smokey.

I think they hatch yellow with some spots but I don't honestly remember if it was solely black spots.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

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[MysteryChicken]

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The black ticking within the blue/gray is a sign she's not smokey.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think they hatch yellow with some spots but I don't honestly remember if it was solely black spots.

White with black spots is what I meant, yes. A smokey bird will resemble a blue chick.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

White with black spots is what I meant, yes. A smokey bird will resemble a blue chick.

So smoky should look like this chick in the back?

She grew up to look like this