Duck breed

[EmilyP]

Any thoughts as to what this duck is?? The first picture is when I got her 2 years ago, the dark gray one. She came from TSC but I got her around 1 yr old, they said she was a blue runner. The second picture is recent and she looks much more like a silver welsh harlequin and doesn’t have the upright posture anymore….

 

[TheBurrowHomestead]

woah! What a wild difference! I have little experience, as this spring is my first round of ducklings, but my guess would be Welsh Harlequin! Hopefully you get some more responses!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I’m thinking she is a silver Runner.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My silver Runner for comparison.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

My silver Runner for comparison.View attachment 3038043

So, do think that is what it is? You know way more about Runners than me. Your silver Runner seems more white similar to my silver Swedish (in my avatar). I have seen pictures of more grayish silver Swedish though?!

 

[EmilyP]

I’m thinking she is a silver Runner.

My silver Runner for comparison.View attachment 3038043

Even with starting out so dark? Will she continue to get more white the older she gets? What is the likelihood of her going broody? She’s got a big nest made but isn’t sitting on it yet… my prior ducks would have started sitting on it by now. Here’s a few more pics of her