The one mama that looks like true swedish with her coloring, has always looked to me to have more of a runner style body. This is making much more sense now. Thank you all so much!
So here’s possibly a partial part of the mystery solved. I believe my Drake is not a black Swedish. After careful Google analysis 🧐 I believe he is a Duclair. I also believe one of the mamas is a Ducair or Duclair mix. The spots on the duckling bills are consistent with Duclair babies as are the...
Thank you for that link. I will read it next!
Quick thought? What if one of the parents was mixed with Ancona? Could that explain the spotted ones? A couple of the spotted babies have black dots right and the top of their bill which look like Ancona ducklings, plus the main hen in question...
Thank you so much for that info. I’m going to have to go to Google to dissect what you said! 😊 I am such a newbie at this. I think one of the adults at least is mixed with Pekin. Two of the babies look like pure Pekin after a better look tonight. I took another pic that shows the babies better...
One of our Black Swedish hens just hatched out 9 ducklings. Most of them are yellow with some darker spots. Only a few look like black Swedish. This is from a trio we bought as adults so I don’t know their origin. Does this mean my trio isn’t pure or is this a common thing to happen.. maybe a...