Identifying duckling and juvenile duck?

[Gaducklover]

We got two ducklings a month ago, sadly the other was harmed by a dog, I have no idea what the oldest one is, some have said a possible golden 300, and the newest ducklings we got are very different in size, the littlest wasn’t picked due to its size, the others were quite large much like the second one pictured in the photo with the little baby, all are from tractor supply, the newest may be Pekins? Can anyone help? The photo of the little yellow duckling with brown stripe on its head is our oldest duck when we first got him or her, no we aren’t putting them together until the two littles are bigger.

 

[Quatie]

Your first one is looks like a golden 300. Otherwise I don't know what it is.

The second picture is either a Saxony or a buff. Buffs don't always have that marking, but Saxony always do.

The third picture is most likely a silver appleyard, but golden 300 sometimes have that marking too.

The last one I can't see it very well. It could be a buff, Pekin or maybe even a fawn and white runner. Stance would confirm a runner or not. The coloration is a bit hard to tell.

 

[Gaducklover]

The oldest (1st pictured and The only one pictured with a striped head) the lighting is bad for the other two ducklings, they are all yellow the smallest has a more darkish pink/brown beak, the biggest has a light pink beak, none stand up right at all so we ruled runner off, the only time any upright stance happens is when the oldest reaches up to us. Thank you for the feed back! You can never tell with TC ducklings

 

[Quatie]

Some of the breeds can be hard to tell. What eye color does the yellow duckling have? Pekins have blue eyes and I believe buffs have brown eyes.

 

[Gaducklover]

The smallest one looks to be brown eyed, sort of greyish with brown tint, the larger yellow duckling has blue eyes. That’s the first thing that caught me, our Pekins always had blue eyes.

 

[Quatie]

The smallest one looks to be brown eyed, sort of greyish with brown tint, the larger yellow duckling has blue eyes. That’s the first thing that caught me, our Pekins always had blue eyes.

Then that definitely settles it. Not a buff, definitely a Pekin.

They are all adorable though!

 

[Gaducklover]

Well blessed, so we have a Golden 300, pekin, and the brown eyes is a buff?. We were talking for a bit with the employee who said both were Pekins, because they are both all yellow with no markings, I definitely knew one was not like the other, thank you so much!

 

[Quatie]

I would say the browned one is a saxony, but maybe a buff. It does have markings, they just don't jump out at you. There is a faint mark down the center of the head and faint stripes across the eyes. They also will have a slightly grayish tail.

This is the best picture I have that shows Saxony markings. They are all Saxony, and you can see one is more subtle.

 

[Quatie]

This is a great example at how subtle those markings can be. There is a Saxony hiding amongst the Pekins.