What color is this chick with a blueish grey head/neck?

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Dec 29, 2014
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I hatched out a group of eggs earlier this summer, and there is one chick that is unusually colored. The father is blue and gold (split for chocolate from a chocolate partridge bantam Orpington). The two strongest possibilities for mother are a black Silkie/Bantam Orpington hen and a blue/gold birchen Silkie/Bantam Orpington hen.

The chick has red skin on it's face and green legs. The head and neck are blueish grey. The chest has red/russet on it, so does the back and wings.

The white and red reminds me of Red Pyle but the head/ neck color means it's not Red Pyle. I have no idea where the white even came from, I have never had a white chicken or even a Red Pyle chicken.

What do you think?

Thanks!
 

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I hatched out a group of eggs earlier this summer, and there is one chick that is unusually colored. The father is blue and gold (split for chocolate from a chocolate partridge bantam Orpington). The two strongest possibilities for mother are a black Silkie/Bantam Orpington hen and a blue/gold birchen Silkie/Bantam Orpington hen.

The chick has red skin on it's face and green legs. The head and neck are blueish grey. The chest has red/russet on it, so does the back and wings.

The white and red reminds me of Red Pyle but the head/ neck color means it's not Red Pyle. I have no idea where the white even came from, I have never had a white chicken or even a Red Pyle chicken.

What do you think?

Thanks!
Perhaps splash with leakage?😊
From your blue/gold hen.
If both parents carry blue, it would make sense.
 
Thanks guys. Since this chick has muffs/beard, I'm leaning towards the blue/gold birchen Orpington/Silkie mix as she has very large muffs/beard but no crest. The blue/gold rooster has a partial crest and some red leakage on his wings.

Splash with red leakage could be possible. The pictures I've seen don't have grey/heads neck like this one though. It will be interesting to see if the colors change as the chick matures. Regardless of sex, I'm keeping this one for awhile.
 
I think it’s red leakage coming through but very cool looking with the blue head what did it look like as a baby ?
 

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