What color is my silkie chick going to be???

[LadiesAndJane]

He is nice! Also, what is the difference between blue and lavender in chickens?

Lavender is a dilute of black and is recessive to it.
Blue is part of BBS (blue/black/splash) genetics.
Lavender is very uniform silvery color. Where blue often is a gradient of color, darker around the head and neck and then lighter on the body.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

It's looking a little like blue cream to me

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Yes it does, but doubtful this color will be found in a farm supply store. Blue cream, or porcelain, is a project color that many breeders are working on but has not been accepted as an official color yet.

 

[preciouschick]

I have a light grey silkie chick named Wilow and I am not sure what color she is going to be yet. And I would love all of your opinions!
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i have the same colorings on my silkys also. i have bern doing research. Some say silver, gray partridge, so i am also curious. some of my grays have black wings and black tipping on the bodies. It will be interesting to see later.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

i have the same colorings on my silkys also. i have bern doing research. Some say silver, gray partridge, so i am also curious. some of my grays have black wings and black tipping on the bodies. It will be interesting to see later.

Yours look blue to me actually. Silver Partridge is the same as Gray and you will see some penciling on the wings usually. As chicks they will also often have the classic chipmunk markings, though in silvery/gray tones instead of brown

 

[preciouschick]

Yours look blue to me actually. Silver Partridge is the same as Gray and you will see some penciling on the wings usually. As chicks they will also often have the classic chipmunk markings, though in silvery/gray tones instead of brown

good to know. i do have the classic chipmunk in lighter colors of tan and gray.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

This bird here (from the internet) is a gorgeous example of a silver partridge or grey Silkie. Note the pencilling on the wings.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

good to know. i do have the classic chipmunk in lighter colors of tan and gray.

Cute babies!
Yes they will likely be some kind of partridge as adults, though likely mixed color. That's the fun with chicks like this, their adult feathers will look very different from their chick colors.

 

[Chikyboy]

Here are some picture.
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Maybe blue, lavender, or splash. There is another color that may be it though.

 

[Bunbun0412]

Lavender is a dilute of black and is recessive to it.
Blue is part of BBS (blue/black/splash) genetics.
Lavender is very uniform silvery color. Where blue often is a gradient of color, darker around the head and neck and then lighter on the body.

Thank you so much!