Duckling breed help

[EllieandOlive]

These two are throwing me for a loop. Hoovers hatchery farm store. I was hoping they were welsh harlequins, but I don't think so as they are not dark enough.
They have olive legs, dark bills, light eye stripe, and their down is a fairly uniform yellow to beige.
Maybe Golden 300s?
I vent sexed them at the store, one male and one female.

I was hoping they'd be a property breed versus a hybrid. Blah.
The other two ducklings are a female rouen and a female magpie

Also, the last picture he was giving me such a side eye! Hah!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I agree they are not Welsh Harlequin. I am thinking maybe Silver Swedish. If so, they are beautiful! If they were a hybrid like Golden 300 they would be sex-linked and different colors as male and female. So, if your vent-sexing is correct, they are not a hybrid. This is my crested silver Swedish:

Females can end up almost white while males are usually a light gray.

 

[EllieandOlive]

I have had all the swedish duck colors. I thought maybe they could be, but they look different than my silver swedish did as ducklings. Plus the eye stripe.

 

[EllieandOlive]

I agree they are not Welsh Harlequin. I am thinking maybe Silver Swedish. If so, they are beautiful! If they were a hybrid like Golden 300 they would be sex-linked and different colors as male and female. So, if your vent-sexing is correct, they are not a hybrid. This is my crested silver Swedish:
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Females can end up almost white while males are usually a light gray.

Actually going back and looking at our pictures...yeah they do seem like silver swedish. Boooo! We were wanting something different. I didn't need more of the same ducks, lol!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Actually going back and looking at our pictures...yeah they do seem like silver swedish. Boooo! We were wanting something different. I didn't need more of the same ducks, lol!

Sorry! Maybe we are wrong.

 

[EllieandOlive]

Sorry! Maybe we are wrong.

Here are some updated pictures. They aren't looking like my previous silver swedish. Additionally, the are MUCH larger than their Magpie and Rouen pals. Magpies are obviously not a large breed. But rouens are a large breed, and they're still bigger by a good margin.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Here are some updated pictures. They aren't looking like my previous silver swedish. Additionally, the are MUCH larger than their Magpie and Rouen pals. Magpies are obviously not a large breed. But rouens are a large breed, and they're still bigger by a good margin.

You got me. They do not have the down tipped in darker color like a Welsh unless your pictures just don't show it. Their dark bill rules out Buff although their feet color are right for the buff gene. I am pretty stumped. I do not think the size necessarily means anything as some just grow faster and some slower. I have had siblings hatched the same day be different sizes along the way. Be sure and update when they start to feather out I am very curious.

 

[EllieandOlive]

You got me. They do not have the down tipped in darker color like a Welsh unless your pictures just don't show it. Their dark bill rules out Buff although their feet color are right for the buff gene. I am pretty stumped. I do not think the size necessarily means anything as some just grow faster and some slower. I have had siblings hatched the same day be different sizes along the way. Be sure and update when they start to feather out I am very curious.

Darn! I was hoping it would be clearer. I really don't know either! Somtimes they could be a dark phase of a lighter duck? Anyways, I am excited to see too!

 

[EllieandOlive]

@cheezenkwackers
Actually? I THINK I might have figured it out! They line up with mixed runner/fawn runner duckling pics!

And I have wanted runners for so long!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

@cheezenkwackers
Actually? I THINK I might have figured it out! They line up with mixed runner/fawn runner duckling pics!

And I have wanted runners for so long!

Yay! I wondered about that because of the pattern of the lighter down but I did not think they had dark bills. But, everything else sure fits, including the buff gene which lightens the legs. Congrats! I am glad you got what you wanted. I always wanted runners too.