Call Duckling Colours

[chickens really]

I *believe* you have 1 Black bibbed and 2 blue bibbed Call ducklings... @chickens really could tell you for sure.

Yes...Two blue bibbed and a Black bibbed. Adorable little babies...

 

[learycow]

2 blue bibbed and 1 black bibbed

 

[pizzaduck]

I said I'd update you on how they turned out, and here I am! Since I lost Angel, my black bibbed, I can only show you my two blue bibbed but they turned out quite cute in my opinion.

I'm expecting more ducklings that one of these ducks fathered so I'll be posting pictures of them really soon!

 

[casportpony]

I said I'd update you on how they turned out, and here I am! Since I lost Angel, my black bibbed, I can only show you my two blue bibbed but they turned out quite cute in my opinion.

I'm expecting more ducklings that one of these ducks fathered so I'll be posting pictures of them really soon!

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They are beautiful!

 

[Miss Lydia]

They really are beautiful!

 

[pizzaduck]

Now for another duckling colour question!

I had one little duck hatch out out of my eggs so far. Her father was a blue bibbed call and mother was either a pure white SQ call or lavender splash - don't know exactly who's eggs we collected.

She looks to be blue bibbed but she's much different than her father and aunt/uncle were as ducklings - they were a much lighter grey in tone and had orange bills and feet with black markings (pictures at the beginning of this thread).

This little duckling looks more like a dark slate in colour and doesn't have any white on her wings and has full black feet with a slate bill. Her face is almost all dark grey. Her belly is also a very sparse looking yellow instead of a solid colour like her dad had.

What do you guys think?

 

[Miss Lydia]

What a precious duckling! @Pyxis is our color specialist!

 

[casportpony]

What do you guys think?

Adorable!

 

[pizzaduck]

And to give more detail, my guess of her blue bibbed father's genetic info based off the information that his mother was white and his father being either grey or blue fawn:
M+M+ Li+Li+ e+E Blbl+ C+c B+B+ r+r+ D+D+ Bu+Bu

Hard to say about the mother's since she's white and this is our first hatch with her since we brought her home!

 

[Pyxis]

Now for another duckling colour question!

I had one little duck hatch out out of my eggs so far. Her father was a blue bibbed call and mother was either a pure white SQ call or lavender splash - don't know exactly who's eggs we collected.

She looks to be blue bibbed but she's much different than her father and aunt/uncle were as ducklings - they were a much lighter grey in tone and had orange bills and feet with black markings (pictures at the beginning of this thread).

This little duckling looks more like a dark slate in colour and doesn't have any white on her wings and has full black feet with a slate bill. Her face is almost all dark grey. Her belly is also a very sparse looking yellow instead of a solid colour like her dad had.

What do you guys think?
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Color can be hard to tell as babies, especially with a possible white parent which means her other genetics aside from white are total unknowns.

She kind of looks a bit chocolatey - possible, if Dad happens to be carrying the gene. Which he could be, if his white mom was chocolate.