What breed is this duckling?

[Gigglebox]

I picked up my last 5 ducklings today

The lady I bought them from says the plain brown ones are KC's, which is fine....but this last one...?
She claims it could be a rouen/KC, pekin/KC, or rouen/pekin (she thinks pekin/KC, but since I've had a better look at it now, I'm suspecting KC/rouen).

Here are a couple photos with it next to a KC.

Thoughts?

 

[Kaessa]

I'd guess KC/Rouen, too. Cute little things!

 

[Gigglebox]

Thank you! I think so too

Am I right to assume a pekin/KC mix would probably be a solid color duckling? That seems logical to me anyway....

These 5 guys are unsexed. i'm hoping this mix is a female, otherwise he will likely end up dinner No reason to keep a colorful mutt that may breed low-egg producing females. Plus, it would likely mate with a white layer or cayuga, making any offspring even more...mutty.

 

[Kaessa]

Thank you! I think so too

Am I right to assume a pekin/KC mix would probably be a solid color duckling? That seems logical to me anyway....

These 5 guys are unsexed. i'm hoping this mix is a female, otherwise he will likely end up dinner

No reason to keep a colorful mutt that may breed low-egg producing females. Plus, it would likely mate with a white layer or cayuga, making any offspring even more...mutty.

Not necessarily a solid color, the white in a Pekin can cover up any number of colors. I've seen a Pekin/Mallard mix that came out looking like a Black Swedish!

 

[Gigglebox]

interesting! What did the ducklings look like? did it follow the same feather progression as a black sweedish? that is strange indeed...

 

[Kaessa]

interesting! What did the ducklings look like? did it follow the same feather progression as a black sweedish? that is strange indeed...

I don't know, I only saw the picture of it as an adult. I would guess the duckling looked like a Swedish, too.

Here's one of the threads I saw: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/358338/pics-of-7-wk-old-pekin-mallard-crosses

I've seen others as well.

 

[Gigglebox]

How neat! I found another thread too that shows a Swedish looking duck that had a Pekin and a Khaki as parents
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/629165/pekin-x-khaki-campbell-offspring

 

[Gigglebox]

if anyone was curious how she looks now she looks kind of stout only because her neck is a little tucked in.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

if anyone was curious how she looks now

she looks kind of stout only because her neck is a little tucked in.

Yep, looks like a KC/Rouen hybrid. Pretty bird.