Is my "blue" silkie really blue?

[muscovy94]

I have a mixed color silkie flock and last year I hatched out 2 beautiful hens that are almost completely blue, but they have a little gold leakage in their neck feathers. I know when you breed 2 blue birds together you get 50% blue, 25% black and 25% splash, but would my two blue girls still fit into this equation even though they have gold leakage?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

yes, but since they have leakage, so will their offspring (most likely)

 

[nicalandia]

yes, but since they have leakage, so will their offspring (most likely)

They sound more like Lemon Blue silkies to me(or gold based blue birchen) instead of solid blue

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Very rarely have I seen an actual. birchen pattern on silkies--usually the only place you see gold or silver is on the hackles. In a very, very few I have seen the entire birchen phenotype appear (breast lacing on both genders, saddles and shoulders on males). I do have one pet/breeder qualithy male that shows the entire birchen pattern--more golden than silver or gold, but he has the whole pattern; pretty rare. Free (plus shipping) to anyone who wants to work on that pattern