Duckling identification? Or maybe liver color genetics?

[TwistedTayy]

I ordered 15 welsh harlequins from My Pet Chicken and two of these little guys don’t look like the others… when they first arrived their beaks didn’t have much black at all but it’s their overall color I’m curious about. They look more “liver” than the others, and it’s even more pronounced now (they aren’t even a week old). The welshies have more black points and these guys are more dark brown. I told MPC that I would take substitutions with silver Appleyard but the SA should look almost identical to wh only slightly bigger. I was thinking maybe golden 300, khaki, buff or saxony… I really don’t mind that their different but I’m so curious!

 

[sourland]

I would guess just a slight color variation in the welsh harlequins.

 

[TwistedTayy]

I would guess just a slight color variation in the welsh harlequins.

I know there can be gold and silvers but from what I could tell it’s not something you can tell as babies. And I didn’t think the golds were so uncommon that I’d only get two in a batch of 15 lol

 

[Floof]

I know there can be gold and silvers but from what I could tell it’s not something you can tell as babies. And I didn’t think the golds were so uncommon that I’d only get two in a batch of 15 lol

I'm not sure if you've worked this out already but my guess would be gold phase WH. I could tell the difference between my gold and silvers by down color when I got them as day olds.