Well, Ideal has a really low variety, so...
Chipmunky pattern (tan/yellow and blakc/brown stripety)
- Mallard (if they're really tiny)
- Rouen (if they're normal size)
Yellow with black on the head and tail
- Snowy mallard
Black
- Cayuge 9normal)
- E.I. (tiny)
Gray with yellow spots
-...
The second Q has the shorter answer, so I'll do that first.
It depends on the breed. It varies, but it's based on how fast the ducks graow. For Pekins, you can expect feathers in a month. For Appleyards, you wont see feathers for 4 months, so what breed do you have?
Now onto the long one...
Yes, that's what I meant by buff; but I have noticed both Chocolate and Dun seeming to vary alot, so the Light Brown color caused by both would probably be even more variable.
Buff as an overall color is a polygenic trait, like you said, of Gold or Diluted Red and Fawn or Chocolate on the...
Correct me if I'm wrong (basecolor is a confusing area);
Platinum = Blue + Isabel
Khaki = Dun (two doses)
Fawn = Dun (1 dose)
Buff = Dun (1 dose) + Chocolate
???
If you see an Autosomal barred Bird (I really prefer to call this color Quill or Pencilled, hence the confusion with Cuckoo), the difference is usually obvious. The biggest difference is that Autosomal is never an overall pattern. The Bars are also much wider usually.
True Barring and True...
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