First time poster but have read many of your great posts on duck & running duck coloring / genetics. I have a US Fawn & White runner drake accidently crossed with a Chocolate blue egg running mom both from Metzer. Mom was pure chocolate but started to get white feathers each season & I have read US Fawn & Whites have Bl/Bl (the drake’s head is more silver / definitely not black) so for relevant genes, does it make sense:
Chocolate mom = E/E, bl+/bl+ d/- and r+/r+
F&W drake = e+/e+, Bl/Bl, d/d, R/R
So ducklings are E/e+, Bl/bl+, d/d(d/-), and R/r+
and Blue (Bl/bl+) and Chocolate (d/d,(d/-)) = Lavendar?
So ducklings will more or less be Lavendar pied or will the extended black win out? To me, looks like there is some multicolor going on in the ducklings-
Ducklings are 3 weeks and are just starting to feather but starting color is much more silver and lighter than mom.
Chocolate mom = E/E, bl+/bl+ d/- and r+/r+
F&W drake = e+/e+, Bl/Bl, d/d, R/R
So ducklings are E/e+, Bl/bl+, d/d(d/-), and R/r+
and Blue (Bl/bl+) and Chocolate (d/d,(d/-)) = Lavendar?
So ducklings will more or less be Lavendar pied or will the extended black win out? To me, looks like there is some multicolor going on in the ducklings-
Ducklings are 3 weeks and are just starting to feather but starting color is much more silver and lighter than mom.
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