Duckling colorings?

[Ilovejesus]

Any ideas what the babies coloring will be? She is due to hatch Babies in about two weeks. I’m curious.

 

[Ilovejesus]

Update
Three babies I had to help all hatched and now dry! What color will they be?

 

[casportpony]

Here are a chocolate and black that just molted:

These two are sun bleached blacks

 

[Ilovejesus]

Here is an update he molted and has the new feathers purple and green sooo beautiful! Also more white head.

 

[Pyxis]

Muscovies I'm not as well-versed in as mallard-derived ducks, but I think I can help you with this one

So, your male looks to be chocolate. That would normally mean sex-linked babies, as long as the hen wasn't chocolate. Your hen is white. That's where the complication comes in - white can 'cover up' every other color, so unless you know her parentage, there's no way to say what color she is genetically 'under' the white.

However, all the babies will be pied, theoretically, since your male looks to be solid, though I do see some white spots on his belly, but that might just be white feathers coming in with age.

All your female ducklings will be some color involving chocolate, maybe chocolate pied, or they could be lilac too, depending on what color the mother really is. The male babies will be whatever color the mom is 'under' the white, so maybe black pied, maybe blue pied, etc. Maybe even they will be chocolate too, if the mom is really chocolate 'under' the white.

 

[Ilovejesus]

Ohhhh thank you so much. That’s awesome. I think she’s a mix no idea what her mom and dad were. I do hope I get some lilac. That would be so pretty. She is sitting on 6 so when they hatch I’ll get pictures. I was trying to google it but couldn’t find anything. Not sure what to look for.

 

[Ilovejesus]

Do you have more pictures of the drake?

I can get more, he lets me get pretty close. I’ll take a clearer one.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I doubt French White then, it’s always interesting what colors we get with out Muscovy. They sure are precious

 

[Ilovejesus]

I doubt French White then, it’s always interesting what colors we get with out Muscovy. They sure are precious

Yes! This is my first ducks and babies! I’m so excited and just want to know now. Lmao.

I wish the 4th one would have made it it was dark and had a darker beak. It was so cute!

 

[Ilovejesus]

Do you have more pictures of the drake?

Here you go one side and the other