Blue swedish without bibb? Is this a thing?

[indianaducks]

I am still trying to figure out what my random gray duckling from rural king (hoovers hatchery) might wind up being. I don't know much about duck color/marking genetics. I've been in the dog world for a while but ducks are a new hobby. Could my gray duckling be a blue swedish without a bibb?

I have a blue swedish with a bibb... and then I have this random gray duckling. Looks pretty much identical in stance and coloring to my blue swedish... just without a bibb. It's definitely not a blue runner... so I'm not really sure what else it could be? I presume its not a mix since it came from rural king by way of hoovers. So wondering if its just a "mis-marked" swedish - is that even a thing in ducks? (aka swedish without typical swedish markings).

 

[indianaducks]

Here’s a photo

 

[DuckDuckSook]

I'd like to know what people say too. I'm thinking I might have a similar duckling in my bunch but mine are still very young so hard to tell.

 

[casportpony]

Do you have any pictures?

 

[DrHawkeye07]

I would still be suspicious of it being a blue runner that's not true to type. I don't keep runners myself, but I've heard that some runners don't stand as straight and tall from certain hatcheries.

 

[Quatie]

I have a chocolate, black and fawn and white runner ducklings. The fawn and white runner is very vertical. The chocolate and black are becoming more vertical overtime. Mine are 2-3 weeks old. All three are very lean. Swedish are not lean ducks. I have a swedish duckling too. If I can get a good pic of the two I can show you the difference.

 

[Quatie]

Here you can see the chocolate and swedish. My previous blue swedish looked exactly the same as the black swedish, except blue.

 

[corriemartin]

I have ten Swedish blues, and one of them has just a tiny bit of white instead of anything like a full bib (actually they're all pretty blobby there).

 

[indianaducks]

Thanks for all of the comments so far. I have some fawn and white runner ducklings that really do stand up straight, so that's why I was dismissing (perhaps incorrectly) the gray from being a blue runner. But really had no idea if I could have a blue runner that didn't stand tall, or a swedish without a bibb, or something else entirely. Regardless, I'm attached to he/she and am curious to see what he/she looks like in a few weeks / months. Feel free to continue, I love to learn about these things.

 

[Percipen]

I cant really tell how hes standing by the pic, but that looks like a blue runner. My blue swedish girls had the bib, white wing tips and a little white around the eyes. The fact that theres no white (yellow) on him makes me think runner.