what color is this chicken? Calico Pigeon?

[6chickens in St. Charles]

This little bantam hen started out as a silvery white solid chick. Now she's one year old. At first glance, she appears to be a plain gray pigeon strutting around with our chickens, but the more I look at her, the more zombie'd I get, mesmerized by her silvery, coppery, brassy multitude of colors. She's a little like an old calico quilt! Is there a name for this color pattern?

When she's broody, and all puffed up, she looks like an angel!

I took all these pics on my iphone this afternoon, and she's missing quite a few feathers, our chickens have started their annual moult. Usually, her tail is rosecomb and blue. Its grey, but irridesces baby blue.

 

[brahmakid11]

i vote blue

 

[FridayYet]

I don't know what you 'd call it - but she's really pretty !

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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[leadwolf1]

Wow! I don't know what color she is either but I think she is gorgeous...and I can see how you could get mesmerized by all her colors

 

[gumbii]

sun faded blue...

but yeah... she's a blue...

 

[Chris09]

yup there sun faded Blue.

Once they molt out they a nice Blue color.

Chris

 

[Pickles03]

OMGoodness what a beautiful hen!!

ummm...do you have a rooster?? any fertile eggs to share with the rest of us?

 

[nurse_turtle]

I call her stained glass serenity colored. I made that up just now....lol

 

[AquaEyes]

Hmm...looks like something altered her feathers half-way through a molt, OR she could be a mosaic....or any of what the others said...she reminds me of a "blue-cream" color in cats, which is calico with a dilution (black to blue, red to cream).