Duck breed help please

[Lucky Clucks]

These two are about a month old... from a school hatch project and nobody seems to know what kind they are. I initially thought Moscovy because they have a large flat tail and claws on the back but I'm not sure. Neither makes much noise. The lighter one does a quiet almost quack noise. The brown one is larger than the lighter colored one (so I'm guessing male and female). They are similar in body type and the beaks seem the same shape so I guess that they are the same type of duck. Hopefully one of you duck experts can help me! Thanks!

This was right after hatch.


At 2 weeks.


And here they are at just over a month.

 

[winteree]

your post makes it kind of sound like they are Muscovy but they don't look like any Muscovy i have ever seen. and the low "quack" i believe means that they are both Lady's. (ill double check to be sure) but the darker colored one looks some what like a rouen but the strips threw me off.

 

[Lucky Clucks]

Thanks for the response winteree! They are really stumping me.

 

[winteree]

Thanks for the response winteree! They are really stumping me.

NP look at some pics of the Silver Appleyard Duck and the Welsh Harlequin and tell me what you think

 

[Lucky Clucks]

The lighter one looks similar to a Welsh Harlequin.... maybe!

 

[winteree]

The lighter one looks similar to a Welsh Harlequin.... maybe!

mabye a rouen cross?

 

[Lucky Clucks]

Still puzzled on what type of ducks... here are some new pictures.The brown one is much larger now and the lighter one is quacking a little but not often or loudly. The brown one now has sky blue patches on the wings. The lighter one is brown on the chest (very similar feather pattern and color as the brown duck) and black and brown on wings and back.

 

[Dr. Todd]

They're both mules- Muscovy x some big mallard derived breed (Rouen, pekin, etc.).

DT

 

[Lucky Clucks]

Thanks Dr. Todd. That is something that I suspected.

 

[learycow]

Agree, both muscovy crosses. Especially the lighter colored one. You can see the muscovy in the head shape