Strange colours?

[Katsol]

Just wondering if these are common colours from a bluebell? Father is a silkie and the mother is a bluebell. All 5 chicks are different (including 2 jet black) but this one is the brightest with the blue ears and legs. Not seen one like this before and is now about 5 months old.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm not familiar with silkies or bluebells. But IMHO color/variety can be all over the board and not predictable when crossing breeds/varieties.

I think when one engages in crosses, just enjoy them for what they are, a colorful blend of barnyard mixes.

 

[FortCluck]

When you mix breeds you can get a variety of different colors. I just mixed a few of my chickens to get fertile eggs and the colors that came out are quite shocking.

It's a very pretty chicken!

 

[The Moonshiner]

It isnt common for a bluebell but that bird isn't a bluebell. It's just a mixed breed.
Bluebells are mixed breed birds and you didn't mention whether your silkie may be mixed pattern/colors.
Either way you have at least 3 patterns in the mix so yes you will get a variety of colored offspring.

 

[featheredplanets]

Bluebell’s are a mixed breed. They’re usually made with Blue Marans and Rhode Island Reds. Very heavy birds but sold as layer hybrids. So crossing them to any pure breed can bring out a number of things you don’t see on your Bluebell. I think the one in question is a cockerel, hence the red shoulder bands. I once did that exact cross to a white Silkie and got two lavender chicks with black skin, 5 toes, feathered legs and two white chicks with clean yellow legs.

 

[Shiekkitten]

Here is my silkie polish mixed his named swayze

 

[Katsol]

It isnt common for a bluebell but that bird isn't a bluebell. It's just a mixed breed.
Bluebells are mixed breed birds and you didn't mention whether your silkie may be mixed pattern/colors.
Either way you have at least 3 patterns in the mix so yes you will get a variety of colored offspring.

Thanks. My silkie is pure white, so it was a surprise to see so much red amongst the grey, black & white!

 

[Katsol]

Here is my silkie polish mixed his named swayze

He’s beautiful!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks. My silkie is pure white, so it was a surprise to see so much red amongst the grey, black & white!

Genetically speaking, white is not a color but actually an absence of color.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Genetically speaking white is white but it's because the genes inhibits color.
I've never heard the terms recessive
absence of color or dominate absence of color. But I have heard of recessive white and dominate white.