What Silkie Pullet Color Is This?

[FishMtFarm]

There are shared names for
Some colors. Grey and silver partridge are pretty much the same, just like porcelain and blue cream are the same.

 

[The Moonshiner]

There are shared names for
Some colors. Grey and silver partridge are pretty much the same.

And that pattern is most commonly referred to as silver penciled in other breeds.

 

[FishMtFarm]

And that pattern is most commonly referred to as silver penciled in other breeds.

Silver penciled or birchen?

 

[Jparmele89]

Where did the eggs come from?

From a black silkie hen I got from a breeder. She layed the eggs and I had a black silkie rooster who was given to me. She became broody and I let her hatch them. This is her 3rd brood. The roosters brother is pure white so I'm not sure of his family color genetics.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Its not uncommon for black silkies to carry partridge under their black.
They can also be gold or silver so it wouldn't be that surprising that they could produce a chick such as that.

 

[Jparmele89]

View attachment 1618918 View attachment 1618919 View attachment 1618918 View attachment 1618919 These are current pictures of my 5 week old silkie. Mother and father were black silkies. All their siblings are black. The fathers brother is pure white. Here is a pic of this silkie the day it was born. I thought it would turn out partridge but now I'm not so sure. Any idea what color this will be? It's so fun to watch them grow.View attachment 1618924

UPDATE:
Okay do after reading everyone's replies and doing more research, I realized I have misinformed you all. The black rooster is a birchen, black and silver. That's him on the left with the hen right beside him.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Your rooster is most likely a black that carries one copy of partridge and is also silver based.
The silver you see is the partridge bleeding threw.
The mother is also probably the same. Its not uncommon for hens not to bleed color threw as much as males so that would explain her to appear solid black while he doesn't.
The offspring would of needed the partridge gene from both parents to express it.

 

[Jparmele89]

Its not uncommon for black silkies to carry partridge under their black.
They can also be gold or silver so it wouldn't be that surprising that they could produce a chick such as that.

Neat! I'm still learning. They're so fun and surprising.

 

[Jparmele89]

Your rooster is most likely a black that carries one copy of partridge and is also silver based.
The silver you see is the partridge bleeding threw.
The mother is also probably the same. Its not uncommon for hens not to bleed color threw as much as males so that would explain her to appear solid black while he doesn't.
The offspring would of needed the partridge gene from both parents to express it.

Neat! Thanks. I still have a lot to learn!