Help!

[Egg672]

I am fostering some ducklings and the company wasn’t able to tell me what breed 2 of the 3 were I’m hoping someone can tell me what they are. Thanks

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Where did they come from? I ask because the second one looks like a dusky who is heterozygous for recessive bibbing.l (the white wing tips). I have only ever seen this in Dutch Hookbills. They also come in white (yellow ducklings) with pink bills?! What does the third one look like? Color doesn’t always tell breed.

 

[Egg672]

Where did they come from? I ask because the second one looks like a dusky who is heterozygous for recessive bibbing.l (the white wing tips). I have only ever seen this in Dutch Hookbills. They also come in white (yellow ducklings) with pink bills?! What does the third one look like? Color doesn’t always tell breed.

A company where I’m from does a duck hatching experience for educational purposes they work with local farms and the ducks/chicks go back to the farms after these are the ducks I have the third duck is totally brown and they knew that one is a khaki Campbell duck. The brown one with the white tips on its wings also has multi coloured feet and spots on its bill. The third one that I attached a photo of on this reply is the khaki Campbell and it’s totally brown and it’s feet are also totally brown.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Dutch Hookbill’s are rare but they do come in all three of the colors and patterns you have. There are a few breeders around the country. Your second one sure looks like what my brown dusky who carried recessive bibbing looked like:

Dutch Hookbills are the only ones I know of that have recessive bibbing?! Maybe Runners but they would stand up high?
I also have had Hookbill ducklings similar to your other two. My yellow duckling was a Snowy (like a Welsh Harlequin) I think yours is white. The solid brown was a brown dusky (like a Khaki Campbell).

If they are not Hookbills, they could just be barnyard mixes. If the are, their bills might curve as they grow. Unfortunately, because if outbreeding, they don’t all have curved bills. This is my yellow Hookbill duckling all grown up, her bill doesn’t curve.