What colors are these silkie chicks?

[EllieandOlive]

I hatched 16 silkie and showgirl chicks from my birds this week. Parents are white showgirls, dark blue, partridge, and roo is black.

Are all of the grey/silver-yellow chicks splashes? Also this chick we singled out here has a funny colored top hat! Do you think the colors will stay different or even out as it matures? I love it!

 

[EllieandOlive]

Bump

 

[JedJackson]

Chick color, especially when the parents are of different colors, is not necessarily indicative of adult coloring. Right now most of these look blue splash, with some blues and blacks. But you will probably get gold leakage from any that come from the partridge parent.

 

[JedJackson]

Also, Silkies frequently pop out unexpected colors in their offspring due to hidden color genetics. It's not uncommon for white Silkie parents to produce a partridge chick, or vice versa.