Bib-size on Swedish ducks?

[BeakSanctuary]

I'm referring to the white-chested part of the duck here. Let me explain.

I bought a barnyard combination from McMurray in the spring and they sent me three ducks as part of the order. That being the case, I never knew what kind I'd received.

Not being an expert, I tuned in on Swedish ducks thinking I had the "black" variant. The ones I have look a lot like pictures of Blue Swedish, except they're black with a very huge white bib - about the whole front or down to where the navel would be if they had one, lol.

Took me quite a while, to include getting real Blue Swedish, to realize that the bibs on all I have of those are much smaller, not at all covering the whole front.

The point is, what else could the black/white ones be? Does this sound like any other breed? Maybe some Swedish really do have these big bibs? They have a few "splash" black spots on their heads, too, which I still thought was OK for a black or splash variant of Blue Swedish. I don't think they're muscovies, but they do hold their own in the company of the geese and it's the geese of all my birds they're bonded to.

 

[Gloria]

Do you have any pics? It would really help.

 

[BeakSanctuary]

Yes, finally!

 

[poultrykeeper08]

black sweedish, magpie ,ancona maybe ?

You have to remeber these are hatchery birds so they are not correct in the color pattersn,bib size , etc

 

[BeakSanctuary]

Thanks for your thoughts on what they could be.

I looked into what anconas look like recently also (will look at magpies next). My two were from MMH and they both look like this rather than having a random black/white color distribution I guess anconas have so I lean towards the black variation of blue swedish. Still wondering, too. Either way, they quack a lot and are cute so not that important to know, relatively.

 

[BeakSanctuary]

And not only that (meaning slight+ imperfections) talking about hatchery birds, but in fact these came as part of a "barnyard combination" of 16 birds for $55, 2 geese (they sent 3), 2 ducks (they sent 3), 2 turkeys, and 10 brown egg-laying chickens (10 turkens of which 2 were males). Pretty many birds for $55 even desite not getting to pick out which breeds.