Are these welsh harlequins--or was I duped?

[mcjerdensfarm]

I purchased some welsh harlequin eggs last summer and hatched out my babies. I know that the feet of the females get darker as they get older, but what about the bills??? All the females that I have seen have dark bills and my girls do not as you can see. I love them all the same, but I am curious if I have the "real things."

They just went for a swim--I think they are just beautiful!

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

They look like welsh harlequins but they might have some other breed like appleyard in them, I dont think I have seen a yellow billed harlequin hen before.

*edited for spelling*

 

[MissPrissy]

The drake looks like my silver appleyards.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

There arent even any yellow billed harlequins on feathersite
http://feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Welsh/BRKWelsh.html

 

[Tuffoldhen]

The drake looks correct but then Hens should have greenish black bills. Feather coloring looks good on the drake and the hens coloring is pretty close.

 

[mcjerdensfarm]

Their bills are orange with darker spots on them. That is why I was wondering if the bills might get darker with age. I really have no idea, but I too have never seen a female with an orange/yellow bill. I think they are beautiful all the same, but I've been asked by a few friends if I would sell any eggs when they started laying. I don't want to wrongly sell a specific breed.