Call Duck Coloring?

[Aunt Angus]

A friend hatched my Call duckling in her incubator. Mama duck is all white. (Not pic of actual mama - image from Purely Poultry):

Daddy drake looks to be black bibbed. (Pic of actual drake, who won't sit still).

My lil 1 week old guy is yellow with a few spots on his back and one near his eye.

I'm just dying to know what he might grow up to look like!

 

[Quatie]

@shawluvsbirds and @Overo Mare may be able to give you an idea. It may be hard to tell from white ducks because they could be hiding any coloration of genes.

This does a good job explaining colors

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mallard-derived-duck-color-genetics-basics.74277/

 

[Aunt Angus]

@shawluvsbirds and @Overo Mare may be able to give you an idea. It may be hard to tell from white ducks because they could be hiding any coloration of genes.

This does a good job explaining colors

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mallard-derived-duck-color-genetics-basics.74277/

That's a great article! I'm trying to figure it out - haha! It's fun to play with the calculator, too!

 

[Quatie]

That's a great article! I'm trying to figure it out - haha! It's fun to play with the calculator, too!

It will be very exciting to see how that cutie turns out. It will adorable either way. I am a jealous of your call duck. I would love to have one, but I don't want my neighbors to hate me .

The calculators can be a lot of fun to play with. I have been spending tons of time with the muscovy calculator lately .

 

[shawluvsbirds]

A friend hatched my Call duckling in her incubator. Mama duck is all white. (Not pic of actual mama - image from Purely Poultry):
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Daddy drake looks to be black bibbed. (Pic of actual drake, who won't sit still).
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My lil 1 week old guy is yellow with a few spots on his back and one near his eye.
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I'm just dying to know what he might grow up to look like!

Yeller down is usually a light color. No eye stripe so not pastel besides the fact both parents would have to have the blue gene to be pastel.
I am a guessing it will be white.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Yeller down is usually a light color. No eye stripe so not pastel besides the fact both parents would have to have the blue gene to be pastel.
I am a guessing it will be white.

That'd be awesome! Even with the gray spots on it's back and face?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

That'd be awesome! Even with the gray spots on it's back and face?

Well I couldn't really see anything I'd call *spots* in that picture. They will have some darker places here and there in their down.
If there are spots that are dark that I couldn't see in the picture.. I mean it's possible it might not be completely white but I bet it will still be a light color.
Here's an example of white call ducklings

 

[Aunt Angus]

I need to get a pic of him when he's wet because the spots are much darker/more obvious. But here he is at 2 weeks. There are definitely 3 distinct spots there as well as one by his eye.

*If* these hang around, what might this little one look like? It's not black. Would it be silver/gray? Or will it not "translate" to its adult feathers?