[cairnhill]

my broody white orp has hatched out 3 black orpington chicks but one of them is silver.  This is the second hatch of black orpingtons (hatched 5 in incubator) and they have all been born black and yellow so wondered why one would be silver.  Suppose I will just have to wait and see what colour the real feathers come through. 

[cairnhill]

This wee chick looks very much like the pictures of Lavender Orpingtons I have seen but how could this be possible if both parents are black?  Hope someone can throw some light on this.

[little blue]

I really dont know much about chicken genetics....
...but one of ours hatched with yellow feathers (Like the light sussex)  the marans looked like tiny penguins - with black jackets on. As he grew, he got a gingery back, then black feathers, and now seems to be a black copper maran cockeral, with the other three as hens.   he's known as "Oddbod" 
my o/h still insists he came out of a white egg!