What color are week-old white silkies?

[devin0]

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I only have 2 color hatch from my whites, yellow and grayish(carring silver), but all mine turn white, I have never had an adult to keep greyish feathers though...hmmm Interesting. I believe I have had some grayish colored chicks to be pullets also, but not positive. I will keep a eye out when I start hatching some whites.

ETA- also my grayish chicks seem to resist the yellowing of the hackle & saddle feather due to sun exposure, they are bright white.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7576_silwht.jpg

Out of mine one is like the chick on the left (except lighter), one is like the one on the right, and one is in between.

 

[geebs]

Cool question... I did not know that... thanks.

 

[hoppy]

white is a masking gene, it can have alot of different colors under it hidden, so this maybe why your whites don't have "white" chicks.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

No, not really. Many silkies carry the snow white down gene. It isn't because of genes hidden by recessive white.

 

[hinkjc]

When I used to raise silkies, my whites always hatched out with white down. I never saw the differences that are posted here. I have seen this in other breeds, just not in my silkies.

 

[chickens really]

Im resurrecting this thread...I just hatched a greyish chick I believe comes from my two whites. Very interesting..

 

[chickens really]

@Brahma Chicken5000
@HuffleClaw

 

[chickens really]

@Stacyoung13
Thought you might find this thread interesting?..I hope to bring it back to life?...

 

[Stacyoung13]

I didn’t hatch a white on white silkie, mine was a partridge on white. I do have one that’s the Greyish/silver color and one with the yellowish/buff color, but they both have dark markings.

I am going to follow this thread and see how they turn out. My curiosity is peaked.

 

[Julie SC]

Searching and read this thread.
Father is Partridge
Mom is either white, splash (black
And white) black or blue

chick is two weeks old