Good eye there. That would explain the black, as well as the mix of dusky and wild type offspring: some with brown dilution, and all without blue dilution (which all should have if dad was a butterscotch).
And if the pictured drake was the father (he's a harlequin) then it's mystery solved!
That is the female i got the eggs from. She was way darker and turned light colored this summer. And yes that is the harlequin that they hang with. Hes a good looking dude.Good eye there. That would explain the black, as well as the mix of dusky and wild type offspring: some with brown dilution, and all without blue dilution (which all should have if dad was a butterscotch).
And if the pictured drake was the father (he's a harlequin) then it's mystery solved!
The sun is hitting them a little better today. You can see that they are getting a green hue to their heads. Its weird all the other harequin khaki crosses just look like extra dark khakis.
And likely she is heterozygous for extended black, so the rest of the ducklings didn't inherit it, so they look different.
