Chocolate Rouen

[FreeRangers4Me]

I went to Atwoods today and found an oddly colored duckling. I just had to get her and of course I couldn’t get just one. Lol! she looks like a Rouen but instead of black and yellow she is chocolate brown and cream. For her friends I chose a properly marked Rouen (to compare as they grown) and either a Magpie or Ancona. Black Swedish and Cayuga were also in the assortment for sale with the ducklings I bought.

Here are some pictures of my new ducklings. What do you guys think?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I know nothing about Rouens other than the normal color but your little one is gorgeous. Let’s see if @Table4Six has an idea. Precious

 

[Table4Six]

Very interesting. On another thread someone had a lighter colored mallard duckling. I don't know much about this particular color phase or what causes it, but I'll tag @Pyxis. Adorable ducklings.

 

[Pyxis]

Very cute! The brown color makes me think chocolate is involved. You'll have to keep posting pictures as she feathers out

 

[chickens really]

Looks like a welsh harlequin Duckling.

 

[PP Calls]

I would say not a welsh harlequin duckling. Welsh harlequins are snowy in color, or chocolate snowy if they are gold phase, so they are all yellow as ducklings with some black stippling on the tips of the down. They also would not have eyestripes, as a properly colored snowy cannot have eyestripes because of the genetics of the harlequin gene.

I agree that it may be chocolate. In the US, mallard color with added chocolate is often referred to as 'nutmeg'.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Nutmeg boy that sounds so pretty! I would love to see pics as this little one grows.

 

[Pyxis]

Nutmeg boy that sounds so pretty! I would love to see pics as this little one grows.

I've got a friend that is actually working on Nutmeg in calls. @SilksterTN do you happen to have any nutmeg duckling pictures?

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[Taj_MaChicken]

In for the adorbs pics