Duckling Color Outcome

[Beah10]

Hey guys so I'm curious what colors I would end up with and if any would be sex linked at hatch.

Drakes: Khaki Campbell and Buff

Duck Hens: Khaki Campbell, Buff, Welsh Harlequin-silver phase, Welsh Harlequin-gold phase, Black Runner, Chocolate Runner, and Blue Runner.

If the duckling colors would be different if one of the drakes were a Runner, WH, or something else similar in size to these guys, I'd be curious to know. I may end up adding another drake haha

 

[Beah10]

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[nicalandia]

Hey guys so I'm curious what colors I would end up with and if any would be sex linked at hatch.

Drakes: Khaki Campbell and Buff

Duck Hens: Khaki Campbell, Buff, Welsh Harlequin-silver phase, Welsh Harlequin-gold phase, Black Runner, Chocolate Runner, and Blue Runner.

If the duckling colors would be different if one of the drakes were a Runner, WH, or something else similar in size to these guys, I'd be curious to know. I may end up adding another drake haha

I lack genetic knowledge on Ducks, but I am bumping this so someone with info can help

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I'm doing the calculations, but quick question is your buff a light buff, more of a standard mid toned buff or almost a light brown? It does slightly change the color outcomes depending on which.

 

[Beah10]

I lack genetic knowledge on Ducks, but I am bumping this so someone with info can help

I only know a couple breeding outcomes with Runner colors, but I have no clue what Khakis and Buffs create haha.

I'm doing the calculations, but quick question is your buff a light buff, more of a standard mid toned buff or almost a light brown? It does slightly change the color outcomes depending on which.

I don't have them yet, the buffs are coming in February, from Metzers Hatchery.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I'm not going to break down the color combos for the obvious like buff+buff, khaki+khaki and since you have some double like khaki Drake+ buff hen and then buff drake+ khaki hen I'm only going to label the one pair.

Khaki Drake + Buff Hen
-If your hen is light buff then 100% Lilac Dusky Mallard Offspring.

-If your hen is standard buff then 25% off offspring will be female lilac Dusky Mallard, 25% of offspring will be female chocolate Dusky Mallard, 25% of offspring will be male lilac Dusky Mallard and 25% off offspring will be male chocolate Dusky Mallard.

Khaki Drake + Golden Snowy Hen
-100% Chocolate Dusky Mallard

Khaki Drake + Silver Snowy Hen
Female- Chocolate Mallard
Males- Standard Mallard

Khaki Drake + Black Hen
Females- Chocolate self
Males- Black self

Khaki Drake + Blue Hen
Females- 25% Chocolate self
- 25% Lilac self
Males- 25% Black self
- 25% Blue self
Khaki Drake + Chocolate Hen
-100% Chocolate self

Buff Drake + Golden Snowy
-If your drake is light buff offspring will be 100% Lilac Dusky Mallard (females will be buff gene carriers)

-If your drake is standard buff 50% of offspring will be lilac Dusky Mallard and 50% will be chocolate Dusky Mallard (again females will carry the buff gene).

Buff Drake + Silver Snowy
-If your drake is light buff females will be lilac Mallard and males will be blue Mallard (females buff gene carriers).

-If your drake is standard buff 25% of offspring will be female lilac Mallard, 25% of offspring will be female chocolate Mallard, 25% of offspring will be male blue Mallard and 25% of offspring will be male offspring will be Mallard (females buff gene carriers).

Buff Drake + Black Hen
-If your drake is light buff female offspring will be diluted lilac self and male offspring will he blue self.

-If your drake is standard buff 25% of offspring will be female diluted lilac self, 25% of offspring will be female diluted chocolate self, 25% of offspring will be male blue self and 25% of offspring will be male black self.

Buff Drake + Blue Hen
-If your drake is light buff 25% of offspring will be female diluted lavender splash, 25% of offspring will be female diluted lilac self, 25% of offspring will be male pastel/pale blue splash and 25% of offspring will be male blue self.

-If your drake is standard buff 12.5% of offspring will be female diluted chocolate self, 12.5% of offspring will be female diluted lavender splash, 25% of offspring will be female diluted lilac self, 12.5% of offspring will be male pastel/pale blue splash, 12.5% of offspring will be male black self and 25% of offspring will be male blue self.

Buff Drake + Chocolate Hen
-If your drake is light buff then 50% off offspring will be female diluted lilac and 50% of offspring will be male lilac self.

-If your drake is standard buff then 25% of offspring will be female diluted chocolate self, 25% of offspring will be female diluted lilac self, 25% of offspring will be male chocolate self and 25% of offspring will be male lilac self.

 

[Beah10]

Thank you so much for that!! What does a Lilac and Lilac Dusky look like?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Dusky is technically a Mallard allele (m^d) which removes the eye stripe and typical Mallard spot/wild pattern. Lilac is the combination of both the blue dilution (Bl) and chocolate dilution (d) genes mixing to create a light grey (lighter than the typical blue duck) with some brown undertones (think light taupe).

 

[Beah10]

Dusky is technically a Mallard allele (m^d) which removes the eye stripe and typical Mallard spot/wild pattern. Lilac is the combination of both the blue dilution (Bl) and chocolate dilution (d) genes mixing to create a light grey (lighter than the typical blue duck) with some brown undertones (think light taupe).

Lavender is darker than Lilac, right? Would it be a medium grey with taupe undertone?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Lavender is darker than Lilac, right? Would it be a medium grey with taupe undertone?

Do not quote me on this as I have been doing my own research trying to figure out duck color genetics and I'm just getting the hang of things. I've seen back and forth whether one is lighter than the other and I have never seen either in person so I'm not sure which is exactly lighter. However, I believe from what I have deciphered is that lavender has two blue dilution genes while lilac only has one. One blue dilution gene would produce a blue base while two would produce silver. So lilac shows grey with the chocolate showing through because both are recessive while lavender has the silver. I'm not sure on the exact terminology, but I guess the silver is dominant over the recessive chocolate so it appears more silvery grey and you don't see the chocolate gene as much if that makes sense? If someone comes along and corrects me I won't be mad. I'm still working my way through the lavender, lilac, silver, dilutions with genetics, but this is just what I have gathered with trying to piece the color genetics together.