Blue-Laced-Red ducklings! *PICS at last!*

[CityChicker]

Your duck is really beautiful too, Froggie. You probably ended up with some form of Cinnamon with the d/d from the Khaki and the Bl/Bl from the Fawn and White Runner, making your bird possibly Bl/bl since Blue is incompletely dominant. Whatever happened, she is pretty!

 

[Dances with Ducks]

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So that explains my young runner. She started out with what I thought was lacing but in this Colorado sun it must have already faded. I also thought she might be blue, but now she looks more of a milky chocolate with silver overtones.
July 15

Today

 

[L0rraine]

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Gorgeous color - I hope you end up with more as well. What fun.

 

[Goat_Walker]

Thats how my Buff crosses are. They are so pretty

I hate it when they fade

 

[froggie71]

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Thanks! Coco is about 9 weeks in the pic. I'm hoping it doesn't fade too much, because it is really a neat color. I may have to look into the genetics more. It's very interesting.

 

[Bleenie]

Froggie!!

i have had a TON of those hatch this year. my hen is a khaki/GC and the drake is a F&W Runner...I had more blues that i had blondes! I even got a crested one, hes the only one i kept(i thought he was a scovy mule), he's also laced.

ETA: Gonzo has kept his lacing and is fully feathered in, cant remember his exact age though. was hatched Very early this year.

 

[froggie71]

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Bleenie, that's good to know! That makes me excited for the next hatch!

 

[sparkles2307]

Drumroll please! Here they are, they are now one month and 22 days old and BEAUTIFUL.

Heres a close-up of the Blue lacing on red...

 

[sparkles2307]

Oh come now, after all the excitement and suspense did I chase everyone away!?

 

[CityChicker]

Those are absolutely stunning Blue Fawns. Blue is incompletely dominant, so basically you have one dose of blue dilution going on. If you breed those together now, you should get a few that pop up that are Pastels (some with the light dilution of the Saxony too). Gorgeous! I bet they are going to be even more beautiful as they mature.