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NathanZee, yours should be similarly colored, but since (most) snowies carry dusky, and wild-type mallard's do not, yours should have more of the mallard pattern....in particular the eye stripes.

It so still hard to tell at this age, but...... The lighter ones should be girls, and the darker ones boys. The bibs make no sense though. How sure are you that a pekin didn't get into the mix? Sperm inside a duck can live and fertilize eggs for up to 3 weeks after they mate, so unless...

Schatze, could you post a clearer pic? I think you might have some other genetics going on....

That was an answer to the question above: "will the females retain the mallard pattern?". Sorry for the confusion.

Yes! At least in the first generation. In the second generation the "dusky" gene would start popping up (in some of your offspring) and you would lose the eye stripes on the hens, and the white collar and bib on the drakes.

Back to the original question: buff X mallard.....It is a little complicated because both the brown and buff dilutions are sex linked. If you use a male mallard and female buff, you will get all blue fawns. Basically a mallard pattern, but with all the black diluted to a dark grey. If you...