Any ideas as to what breed these babies are?

[Groundrover]

So I received my ducklings/goslings from Cackle Hatchery this morning (ordered the waterfowl special)
I know what the goslings are (look like white Chinese) but I have no clue what the ducklings are...
Any ideas?
The available types of ducks are :
Pekin, khaki Campbell, mallard, Rouen, Cayuga,Welsh harlequin, Ancona, black runner, fawn and white runner, blue Swedish, black Swedish and silver Appleyard.

 

[Redhead Rae]

@WVduckchick

 

[WVduckchick]

Sorry, I'm not versed on all the breeds and what they look like as ducklings. With all of those possibilities, I'm not even going to guess.

Although, we can rule out KC, mallard, Rouen, Cayuga, black Swedish and black runner. Those breeds would all be darker than any of those ducklings.

 

[Groundrover]

Thanks, at least that narrows it down a bit.
I'm thinking maybe Welsh harlequin, maybe fawn and white runner?
At least for the lighter colored ducklings.

 

[Groundrover]

Here's two more pictures of the different colors. I have three ducklings of each color.

 

[iluvsedward]

Looks like Welsh harlequin, fawn & w runner, or silver appleyard. I believe you have two different breeds there. My guess is welshie for the first one and fawn runner for the second, but that could be ruled out by its posture, runners stand upright even as ducklings.

 

[Pyxis]

Top two might be silver appleyards. The dark stripe on the top of the head is an appleyard trait. Could be welshies also since the stripe isn't as distinct as it could be. Appleyards would probably also have black tails. But then we know hatcheries aren't great at breeding to proper color standards, lol. The more I look at the pictures the more I slowly lean towards welshies. Bottom two I'm going to say are fawn and white runners.

 

[iluvsedward]

Silver appleyards also have darker tails

 

[Pyxis]

Silver appleyards also have darker tails

Yeah, the more I'm looking at them the more I'm leaning towards welsh harlequin. Just the stippling ended up more in a stripe pattern on the head than diffused over all the down of the head, lol.

 

[iluvsedward]

Yeah, the more I'm looking at them the more I'm leaning towards welsh harlequin. Just the stippling ended up more in a stripe pattern on the head than diffused over all the down of the head, lol.

You would think hatcheries would have the purest stock