Just got baby ducklings I’m not sure what they are

[MGG]

I may be wrong, they just look a bit tan to be a silver Appleyard and a rounen. I need people to double-check me sometimes, make sure I'm not seeing things.

If Golden 300s can look like both the Rouen and the silver appleyard type ducklings, I'd assume that's what they are. Thanks for the correction, always happy to learn something.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Seems golden 300 masquerade as other breeds. Actually what is a Golden 300? I need to know okay Metzers won’t share their secret but from reading about the golden 300 they sound like a nice duck especially if you like eggs!

 

[MGG]

I read that they are a hybrid duck, bred for production.

 

[Isaac 0]

They are a auto-sexable breed, so if we are right about them being 300's, The OP ducklings are all males.

 

[Ducktacos]

Does anybody know what gender they are ?

 

[MGG]

@MasterOfClucker said males

 

[Pyxis]

Seems golden 300 masquerade as other breeds. Actually what is a Golden 300? I need to know okay Metzers won’t share their secret but from reading about the golden 300 they sound like a nice duck especially if you like eggs!

They're sex-linked ducks bred for being able to sex the ducklings by down color, and also production.

I agree that they're likely Golden 300s, with the possibility that the one that looks like a rouen is actually a rouen instead, since TSC could have gotten both kinds at once. But the other is definitely a Golden 300, and would be a male.