Anyone seen this runner color?

[Gb3344]

They’re starting to grow in their colors. And my chocolate runner has some interesting coloration so far. I haven’t seen images of this? Will the copper tips on her feather fade away? She’s already giving me faint quacks too . I think her other buddy runner may be a drake.

 

[Papaye]

Hi.

Could you post a picture of her entire body? With her face...?

You can already go here : https://www.duskyfeatherswaterfowl.com/dusky-pattern
I think it could help you...?

She’s already giving me faint quacks too .

Be careful about voice sexing : whatever people say, it is not 100% effective.
(As I had to learn by having quacking ducklings actually ending up being males...)

 

[Gb3344]

Hi! Thank you! Looking at the dusky pattern, it does look pretty similar. The only thing is that she (or he, I'll continue to leave a question mark on their genders ) was a chocolate duckling (so I thought she would be a chocolate) with a brown bill and brown feet. The underside of her bill is pale with some speckling. Here's some more photos. Apologies on the quality, they don't like to stand still for me in front of the camera.

 

[Gb3344]

Hi! Thank you! Looking at the dusky pattern, it does look pretty similar. The only thing is that she (or he, I'll continue to leave a question mark on their genders ) was a chocolate duckling (so I thought she would be a chocolate) with a brown bill and brown feet. The underside of her bill is pale with some speckling. Here's some more photos. Apologies on the quality, they don't like to stand still for me in front of the camera.

looking even further down on the site you gave, perhaps she is a light dusky/ light brown dusky. Very interesting!

 

[KathiQuacks]

They’re starting to grow in their colors. And my chocolate runner has some interesting coloration so far. I haven’t seen images of this? Will the copper tips on her feather fade away? She’s already giving me faint quacks too . I think her other buddy runner may be a drake.

Are you certain she’s a Runner? Her feathering reminds me more of a Dark Campbell. It would explain her color being dusky.

Whatever people say, it is not 100% effective.
(As I had to learn by having quacking ducklings actually ending up being males...)

In my experience, it was 100% accurate after 4 weeks.

I had male ducklings peep-honk, but only before 4 weeks of age.

2/3 ducklings honking before 4 weeks were female, and all ducklings honking after 4 weeks were female.

 

[Papaye]

Looking at the dusky pattern, it does look pretty similar. The only thing is that she (or he, I'll continue to leave a question mark on their genders ) was a chocolate duckling (so I thought she would be a chocolate) with a brown bill and brown feet. The underside of her bill is pale with some speckling. Here's some more photos. Apologies on the quality, they don't like to stand still for me in front of the camera.

Good... then, from my experience, I can confirm she is a Light Dusky duckling.

Here are some of mines, when they were almost the same age than yours :

They were born with dark brown fluff, so I even thought the first Light Dusky ducklings I had were actually Brown Runner ducklings...

Here are some of my juveniles :

The four ducks at the center are :
- on our left : two Light Dusky Indian Runner girls,
- on our right : two Light Dusky Indian Runner boys.

They are turning in their adult colours, so their colouring here is not definitive still... but they are beautiful ducks.

The Light Dusky hens look like Trout, but without the white strips, and with dark blue wing speculum instead of just blue.

The Light Dusky drakes look like Mallard/Gray, but with more brown on them, and - again - dark blue wing speculum.
(Mines have not-so-dark blue wing speculum... or just blue/purple for one or two of them... probably because of some mutations and/or their diet?)

In my experience, it was 100% accurate after 4 weeks.

Yeah... I am just not lucky.

Last year, I had a drakelet quacking at almost 3-months-old... until his voice changed so suddenly (...took about two days, if I am remembering right?)!

This year, I have two 2-months-old ducklings - a Cayuga and a Khaki Campbell - I was so sure were girls, since they quacked often enough...
...In fact, my Khaki Campbell duckling was still quacking (sometimes) 1 week or so ago, and yet, has now a voice that sounds to be a mix between a quack and the so raspy voice of drakes...

Now, I know these two are boys, since my Khaki Campbell has boys' colours... and my Cayuga actually has developped a real, raspy voice of a normal drakelet...

...Really, I can't trust voice sexing anymore...

 

[Gb3344]

Are you certain she’s a Runner? Her feathering reminds me more of a Dark Campbell. It would explain her color being dusky.


In my experience, it was 100% accurate after 4 weeks.

I had male ducklings peep-honk, but only before 4 weeks of age.

2/3 ducklings honking before 4 weeks were female, and all ducklings honking after 4 weeks were female.been standing pretty

Are you certain she’s a Runner? Her feathering reminds me more of a Dark Campbell. It would explain her color being dusky.


In my experience, it was 100% accurate after 4 weeks.

I had male ducklings peep-honk, but only before 4 weeks of age.

2/3 ducklings honking before 4 weeks were female, and all ducklings honking after 4 weeks were female.

Theyve been walking around pretty upright, but I guess time will tell?

 

[telandra2]

Is this the same as my cinnamon Ancona x Gray Mallard Runner? (Ancona Mom has the black bill)

 

[Gb3344]

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Is this the same as my cinnamon Ancona x Gray Mallard Runner? (Ancona Mom has the black bill)

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Mine has been growing some feathers, they’re brown with with the light brown tips or arrows making the dusky pattern. So I’m not sure?

 

[Papaye]

Hi.

Mine has been growing some feathers, they’re brown with with the light brown tips or arrows making the dusky pattern. So I’m not sure?

I found another picture of some of my Light Dusky Runners while they were growing up :

(They are the brown ones without the strips...!!)

So you will be able to tell soon if your ducklings are really Light Dusky coloured Indian Runners...?

Is this the same as my cinnamon Ancona x Gray Mallard Runner? (Ancona Mom has the black bill)

I would never have thought an Ancona x Mallard cross would result in such a colour...?!

In any case, your ducks are cute...!