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4/11/11 at 4:45pm

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Harley and Quinn have the dark heads and dark eyes on their feathers, Ducky has the light colored head and light brown eyes on her feathers.

here they are a couple days old

and here they are today, a month old

Ducky's light brown eyes on her feathers

Quinn's dark brown eyes on her feathers

side view of Ducky

side view of Harley

What are your thoughts?

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4/11/11 at 7:31pm

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Ducky looks to be a golden phase, and the other two seem to be silver..im not positive though...but i recently posted a topic "My Ducks! (:" and in there i have 2 golden phase hens and 2 silver phase drakes, one is pied though, and Harley looks pied almost too, cool!!

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4/11/11 at 7:54pm

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thanks for the reply! I cant wait to see how they turn out smile

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4/12/11 at 4:23am

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Oh their all so cute! I love your photos!

Mother of two daughters, owned by 2 cats, 1 dog, 2 guinea pigs, 10 Blue Swedish ducklings and 2 Buff geese.
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4/12/11 at 7:26am

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Is Harley a drake?

2 Amazon Parrots (38yrs & 18yrs), 19 various chickens, 12 Chantecler roosters, 7 Partridge Chantecler breeding chickens, Pekin Duck, Crested Drake, 6 Welsh Harlequins, 7 Saxonys, 3 Cayugas, 4 Pilgrim Geese.

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4/12/11 at 10:16am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by azhenhouse

Is Harley a drake?

yup

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4/28/12 at 5:43pm

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that's funny- I saw your picture of Harley and immediately thought "now, there's a drake!" and yet, I haven't figured out my own birds yet.

Hey all, I'm Sierra and I currently own: one Blue swede, 1 GWH, 1 Buff Orp, 4 ancona ducklings hatched jun 28th/29th, and 1 Whippet (dog)

http://goingtotheducks.blogspot.com/

Hey all, I'm Sierra and I currently own: one Blue swede, 1 GWH, 1 Buff Orp, 4 ancona ducklings hatched jun 28th/29th, and 1 Whippet (dog)

http://goingtotheducks.blogspot.com/

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4/28/12 at 8:51pm

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I believe "silver and gold" is told in early life by wing speculum feathers, not overall color. "Silver Phase" harlies have blue or teal stripes on their wings. While a "gold phase" harlequin has bronze or greenish stripes on the wings-- so you won't be able to tell for sure until those early feathers grow in I think.

This is just how I remember it in Storey's guide to ducks.

A welshy's adult coloration isn't "true" until 2 years of age. They may lighten and darken for some time in between.

Edited by Dusky Beauty - 4/28/12 at 8:55pm

Chinese and African Geese, mixed turkeys, welsh harlequin flock, some misc duck ducks, dexter cows, nigerian dwarf goaties, 2 ferrets, a house bunny and 2 pyr/aussie shep guardian dogs.