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

[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 I don't know how outdated these photos were when I got them because the owner didn't mention having any cuckoos at the time, yet I hatched 2 cuckoos from her eggs.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]

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.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

What a pretty little one she is!

 

[Cloverr39]

Another one hatched. I'm not 100% sure who the mother is. It could be the cuckoo hen or it could be one of my 3 black hens. This one looks lighter than the older one. Could this one be blue as well?

 

[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!

 

[Cloverr39]

What color would she be considered? I call her a blue with silver leakage, but I've seen other people call the same color silver partridge. I'm pretty sure silver partridge would have black with silver and even if she could be a blue silver partridge, don't partridge chicks hatch with chipmunk stripes?

 

[TheFatBlueCat]

I've got two blue barred cockerels that hatched from a dominant white mother. I knew it was a possibility as the mother is from splash lines. Father is a barred rock, they're both pretty adorable, one much darker than the other but both hatched blue. And now I know the mother is blue!

Hen who raised them isn't their genetic mother: