Idea on breed

[ErikaPB84]

I think you have Silver Appleyards..Not Mallards...The reason the males look different now is they are in eclipse and will once again get green heads. The Hen in question looks Appleyard also.

Thank you, you might be right. Could the light one in the first picture just be lighter because of a Pekin or Muscovy mum? What about the dark one in the 3rd picture? Did we hatch and fatten a wild duck by mistake?!?

 

[chickens really]

That dark bird looks like a Rouen Hen...The light one looks like an Appleyard Hen .

 

[chickens really]

Post pictures of all your Birds and clear ones from the side like the ones you have provided so far...You don't have Mallards

 

[chickens really]

Oops that Dark one after I zoomed in on it looks like a Muscovy. Are these all hatched out by your adult Ducks? Anything crossed with Muscovy are Mules and infertile..

 

[Hybridchucks]

I ALWAYS get mixed up with Saxonys and appleyards

 

[junebuggena]

Agree the males and the one girl in question are Appleyards. The dark one pictured with the muscovies looks like a mule (muscovy mix).

 

[ErikaPB84]

The two boys plus our female pekin

 

[ErikaPB84]

Our other male

 

[ErikaPB84]

Another of our ducklings.

Yes All ducklings have been hatched from our adults. There was also a grey Muscovy female around when this bunch of eggs were possibly fertilised. She got taken by the fox

 

[chickens really]

You have Appleyard Pekin cross and Muscovy mules..