Mini Silver Appleyard or call?

[justmeandtheflock]

Does anyone have pictures of mini silver appleyards at about a month old. I have 1 snowy call duckling (pretty sure it's a boy, hatched from my own egg) and 5 mystery ducklings. Based on thier coloring and what the person who gave me the eggs has I am guessing that they are mini appleyards but I can't find any picture at this age to compare them to. Here is a picture I took the other day. The snowy call is the one with the green bill and brown chest 2nd over from the right in the center of the picture. Do they look like mini silver appleyards or call ducks? If snowy calls and mini appleyards are the same color should the mini's have brown chests if they are boys or are they too young to tell anyway. I seem to remember my snowy call hen being much lighter than the drake even with their 1st set of feathers but I don't remember what color her chest was. Here is where the eggs came from: http://zeaglerduckfarm.com/BUYNOW.aspx

 

[chikky]

I can't answer your question, but they sure are CUTE!

 

[justmeandtheflock]

Thank you

Well, the 2 lighter ones got their quack today and the other 3's bills now have a green color to them so I think that settles the gender question, lol Whatever they are I am in

with them and a little sad that there are so many boys

I have another snowy that I think is a boy that just hatched out in the bator and a 2nd egg that looks like it could be a girl that is still absorbing her yolk. Oh, and this isn't a question of getting the right eggs, these eggs were a gift and I told her to send me whatever she had left over. I am happy with them no matter what they turn out to be

 

[Oregon Blues]

Do they look like little ducks, or do they look like rubber duckies?

If they look like regular ducks, only small, they are Mini Appleyards. If they look like rubber duckies, with little short round bills, plump stubby little bodies and high head carriage, they are Calls.