what color will my silky be as an adult?

[preciouschick]

Any opinions on silky coloring as an adult?

 

[wolf-deer88]

Looks like blue.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Blue.

Though I had a solid blue chick grow upto be a Blue Partridge.

What colors are the parents?

 

[Schell1226]

I had one that looked just like your little one in the pic and thought for sure she was going to be a blue, but nope, she's pure white! It's really hard to tell at that age because they change and grow so quickly.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I had one that looked just like your little one in the pic and thought for sure she was going to be a blue, but nope, she's pure white! It's really hard to tell at that age because they change and grow so quickly.

Do you have pictures?

 

[Chickens are awsome]

I had one just like that that grew up to be a blue.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I had one that looked just like your little one in the pic and thought for sure she was going to be a blue, but nope, she's pure white! It's really hard to tell at that age because they change and grow so quickly.

Actually it's not that hard to tell what color a chick is gonna be. Though at times, it could be hard to tell the difference between a couple that look really similar, like partridge, & blue partridge chicks.

 

[preciouschick]

I had one that looked just like your little one in the pic and thought for sure she was going to be a blue, but nope, she's pure white! It's really hard to tell at that age because they change and grow so quickly.

i agree. my 6 week old is not anything like she was as a newborn. buff partridge to a gray with buff and black tips.
go figure.

 

[Schell1226]

Do you have pictures?

Yes, but I'll have to find them. I just recently got a new phone so my photos are scattered throughout several SD cards. I'll post the pics as soon as I find them though. While in the process of trying to find the chick I'm talking about from my first batch, I did run across one from my second batch of Silkie's my broody hen hatched. This one hatched very light colored and ended up being a splash. Her name is "Silvia".

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes, but I'll have to find them. I just recently got a new phone so my photos are scattered throughout several SD cards. I'll post the pics as soon as I find them though. While in the process of trying to find the chick I'm talking about from my first batch, I did run across one from my second batch of Silkie's my broody hen hatched. This one hatched very light colored and ended up being a splash. Her name is "Silvia".

Not completely abnormal for a splash chick to be very light, almost white in color with down.