What color are these silkie chicks?

[kaitlinwalden1]

This is our first eggs hatched here at the farm since we got chickens! Roo is a splash and hen is black! Currently letting momma raise them in a brooder in our basement due to the cold weather

 

[MysteryChicken]

Splash X Black = 100% Blue.

Pictures of the parents are always helpful? The lighter chick looks like a splash so maybe the hen is actually a dark blue.

 

[ella2025]

Often silkies are not true to color. They are often in mixed color flocks of all silkies despite being labeled as one color. I think the 2 dark grey chicks are blue, but the third one that is light grey is odd and I'm pretty sure that means one (or both) of the parents isnt true to color. I'm not an expert with silkies. @Debbie292d can you help with this?

 

[kaitlinwalden1]

Roo and hen

 

[MysteryChicken]

Roo and hen

The hen appears Mauve, which is Sexlinked Chocolate with Blue.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Splash X Black = 50% Blue. 50% Black.View attachment 4244214

Pictures of the parents are always helpful? The lighter chick looks like a splash so maybe the hen is actually a dark blue.

I think you typo'd
Splash x Black = 100% blues

Agreed that one of the parents appears to carry chocolate.
Or would dun be possible? I can't tell them apart. (New to dun)

Roo and hen

Gorgeous birds
I know blues can vary in color, but it is odd to see.
Are those two for sure the parents?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think you typo'd
Splash x Black = 100% blues

Agreed that one of the parents appears to carry chocolate.
Or would dun be possible? I can't tell them apart. (New to dun)

Gorgeous birds
I know blues can vary in color, but it is odd to see.
Are those two for sure the parents?

I didn't notice. Yes that's what it was supposed to be.

 

[Beau plus penny]

This is our first eggs hatched here at the farm since we got chickens! Roo is a splash and hen is black! Currently letting momma raise them in a brooder in our basement due to the cold weather

blue, black and splash

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think you typo'd
Splash x Black = 100% blues

Agreed that one of the parents appears to carry chocolate.
Or would dun be possible? I can't tell them apart. (New to dun)

Gorgeous birds
I know blues can vary in color, but it is odd to see.
Are those two for sure the parents?

Not Dun.

 

[kaitlinwalden1]

I think you typo'd
Splash x Black = 100% blues

Agreed that one of the parents appears to carry chocolate.
Or would dun be possible? I can't tell them apart. (New to dun)

Gorgeous birds
I know blues can vary in color, but it is odd to see.
Are those two for sure the parents?

yes,they are in a separate coop just the 2