can I see your duckies?

[Miss Lydia]

Well that is a nice assortment and very healthy and beautiful too.

 

[MillersFarm]

Thanks I try my best to keep theses guys as happy as possible. Would love to add muscovies to my bunch someday as well~

 

[Table4Six]

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ya’ll take such great pics!! Beautiful

 

[Brahmachicken240]

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful ducks and ducklings @Brahmachicken240

 

[Kkrista123]

Yes they are runners. Female ducks with the extended black gene (black ducks, blue ducks and chocolate ducks) get white "snow" feathers as they get older. Since most people are more excited about their poultry (or kids, or other pets) when they are new, there tend to be more pictures of young ducks around the forums. Cayugas are black, runners are one color, Swedish have very distinct bibs. As they age the snow feathers increase and eventually most extended black gened ducks end up more white than their original color. None of my ducks were speckled when they were young. I first found out about this viewing @Amiga's beautiful runners who were older when I was new to BYC.
That is Latte, she is a Buff Orpington or simply a "Buff Duck". They can be anywhere from a very light tan, to an almost orange-brown, but they don't have the patterning like a Welsh Harlequin (Rhiannon on the right in front of the poof-headed Tevye). She is fairly dark for her breed compared to some I have seen.

That doesn't surprise me too much but we can decide if my girl is Buff mixed with Runner or KC mixed with runner.... Oh well, at least I can certainly have faith in the runner part!

 

[Texag87]

Runners are the best

 

[silkiemother]

he won those ribbons for best of breed and showing

 

[Harley Chick]

Awwwww your babies are beautiful!!!! Congrats on the ribbons too! Grand Champion is very impressive!

Here's my babies

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what kind are your ducks?