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BTW, I have ordered a breeding pair of mini Appleyards from Duck Creek Farm, and I'm going to put her in a pen with them. :)

Ah, that makes sense :)

Thanks! He's a pretty boy, but an odd one. He does have some streaks of a green sheen on the sides of his head--only the sides. The top is dark charcoal. She has a blue speculum. Very pretty. I have some other pics on my camera that show their color better-- will post tonight!

Adult pic. ☺

Very interesting! Yes, your female duckling does resemble the ones I hatched out. I am almost sorry I rehomed the others now. It would have been interesting to see how they feathered out. Sending you a PM with the breeder info.

Pretty! That's pretty much what I thought I was getting! :D There are people working with the Appleyard calls (Oak Grove Poultry in Wis. had one of the nicest pics--the website isn't working but here's one of her birds on google images):

It'll be interesting to see if this duckling is male or female. :)

Thanks, Ravynscroft and WVduckchick. :)

Chickens really, again, I can see the difference between the silver bantams and the calls, but what I am trying to determine at this point, and what Ravynscroft has helped me with so far, is where is the blue coming from? There are only two possibilities, as she suggested above: a mixed flock...

Thanks!

Okay, not saying these are the parents, but I did find this pic on the breeder's facebook page this morning. What do you think?

Yep, could be. It's a mystery :p

Another closeup of my duck:

Okay, so here's where I am right now. Blue probably means that this duck is more likely to be Australian Spotted or a mix. Here's a Silverhead Australian Spotted Pair (homozygous for blue):

Thanks! :yesss: But, yeah, what the heck, eh? I have been scratching my head...

And here's a pic I had DH take just a moment ago. Blue? @Ravynscroft

Another pic of the hatch and older duck and chicks. Duck in question is second from left, top.

Yes! I thought blue as well. And, yes, I only kept the lightest one. Now that s/he is feathering out, I can really see that the black/brown is washed out in the light. As to gender, the "Appleyard miniature/bantam" is quacking. The other is not. It is several days younger, so yeah, could be...

Post #41 "The true Appleyard genotype is light phase restricted Mallard (m^r/m^r, li/li). Most Appleyard Calls that I have seen do not carry the restricted genes. My suspicion is that most are light phase wild-type (m+/m+, li/li), but there are undoubtedly some that are harlequin phase wild type...