What Silkie Pullet Color Is This?

[Jparmele89]

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.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Huh.. I hatched hundreds but not one like that.

To my best knowledge and experience... I will say it is a blue splash chick and ONE (or both) of the "black" parents is actually dark blue. Silkies are the hardest to tell blue from black in some lines.

Is the toe just not showing in your hatchling pic? Or has it got a missing or bent toe?

Beyond that... my GUESS would be hatching anomaly and it's either simply a black or blue chick that looked different.

 

[Jparmele89]

Huh.. I hatched hundreds but not one like that.

To my best knowledge and experience... I will say it is a blue splash chick and ONE (or both) of the "black" parents is actually dark blue. Silkies are the hardest to tell blue from black in some lines.

Is the toe just not showing in your hatchling pic? Or has it got a missing or bent toe?

Beyond that... my GUESS would be hatching anomaly and it's either simply a black or blue chick that looked different.

Thanks, yeah this one is unique! I can't wait to see how it turns out. I was really hoping for a partridge but wasn't sure how that could be. I think its little toe was just curled under. This is my 3rd natural hatching. I just love silkies! They're truly something!

 

[FishMtFarm]

It’s actually a blue partridge, not splash. Chipmunk stripes as a baby give away it is a type of partridge and it has obvious blue genetics.

 

[Jparmele89]

It’s actually a blue partridge, not splash. Chipmunk stripes as a baby give away it is a type of partridge and it has obvious blue genetics.

Awesome! I really hope it is a partridge, and I really hope it's a hen. The gender guessing and name choosing is fun with silkies.

 

[LilJoe]

Either blue (partridge) or silver partridge

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Thanks, yeah this one is unique! I can't wait to see how it turns out. I was really hoping for a partridge but wasn't sure how that could be. I think its little toe was just curled under. This is my 3rd natural hatching. I just love silkies! They're truly something!

Where did the eggs come from?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Thinking its a grey.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Thinking its a grey.

I wondered but haven't seen those yet.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Is cute an official silkie color?