Was not expecting it to be this color. What color could this baby chick be?

[Cloverr39]

I know it's very hard to tell exactly what color it will be and I know I wont get a 100% accurate answer, but so far it doesn't look like any of the options I thought it would be based on the parents. I'm hoping to just get some guesses.
The father is a dominant white rooster with red leakage. He came from a mixed color flock and unfortunately I have no clue what he could be carrying. This is his first chick. Now the mother I'm pretty sure is a cuckoo hen, but I don't know her genetic background either.
I thought their chicks would be either black, white or paint (with or without leakage), but it doesn't seem like it. I've never had a chick this color, so I don't know what it's gonna fethater out as. It hatched out looking black, but dried to be a light grey color. Any guesses?

I will post some update pictures when it fully dries. Another one has pipped from the same dad and possibly the same mom.

 

[3KillerBs]

Your dominant white rooster could be hiding almost ANYTHING under that white so all sorts of surprises are possible.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

The chick looks blue to me as well. Dominant white covers the black and gray pigments of the feathers, so it's definitely possible that your rooster is blue and his dominant white gene is hiding that. But yes, do update as she grows!

 

[Cloverr39]

She still looks blue. If she does turn out to be blue would that mean my rooster is blue under the white? I mean the hen I'm pretty sure is a normal cuckoo therefore the blue wouldn't be coming from her. And the rooster couldn't be splash cause his other chick is a normal black cuckoo. Or does it not work like that?

Either way I'm really happy about this chick. I've been wanting a blue hen for a while now. I'm a bit worried that her comb will be red because her mother's is and her father's comb is also lighter than I'd like. Still I think she's gonna be a keeper. Her mother has the best crest and type out of all of my hens, so I'm very excited to see what she'll look like when she's older.

 

[Cloverr39]

I'm still learning about genetics, but as far as I know Barring is a Dominant gene and a sex-linked gene, so the chick will most likely have some Barred feathers. The chick could possibly be Blue or maybe a mix of the White/Black from the parent's colors? I don't know

I don't think it'll be barred because only it's mother is barred. The mother also has light skin while the father has black. Based on the sexlinked skin color this should be a female and since barring is also sexlinked this chick will not be barred if it is a female.
Or at least I think so.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Mini update. The wing feathers look kind of light blue with brownish tips. What do yall think?

I found a photo of the flock the chick's parents came from. They had another photo of paints, which I assume is where my rooster got his white. I don't know how outdated these photos were when I got them because the owner didn't mention having any cuckoos at the time, yet I hatched 2 cuckoos from her eggs.

Anyway, this photo caught my eye. I think the chick might look similar to these blues with brown. I don't know if they would be considered blue partridge or not. That would explain the brownish tips of the chick's feathers.

I must have missed your post yesterday, but I agree, most likely she'll look similar to that. It's hard to say what she would be considered color-wise, especially since she's a mix of varieties and Silkie varieties are already a bit tough to ID because of the silkied feathering, but I would probably refer to her as Blue with leakage if she were my chick as she's clearly not pure for partridge based on her chick down.

 

[Cloverr39]

Your dominant white rooster could be hiding almost ANYTHING under that white so all sorts of surprises are possible.

Alright well I'll update when the feathers start coming in.

 

[Cloverr39]

Mini update. The wing feathers look kind of light blue with brownish tips. What do yall think?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

What a pretty little one she is!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Sure looks like it! Blue can vary a lot in shade. For example, some of the Blue Cochins I've hatched this year are so dark that you would think they were Black at first glance!