Muscovy ducklings

[ajplmama]

Can I tell what colour my muscovies will be as adults by looking at them now?

Also, I got them about 2 weeks ago but I'm not sure of their age. Two are quickly becoming much larger than the other 5. Can I assume those two are males?

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Cute! Yep, the bigger ones will be boys. Not sure on what colors you are going to get.

 

[ajplmama]

Thanks. Do all muscovy chicks look the same? (edited to say that I actually do know they are ducklings.... not chicks)

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Yes,... they all look like ducklings!

No, they don't all look alike. The color intensity of the brown/yellow patterns as well as the patterns themselves can be different which will indicate what color Scovy you have plus if you have duclair, bibbed,barred or solid ducks. If you can get a larger pic/close up of your ducklings we might be better able to tell their colors. Just fm the pic's that you do have posted now, they look like they will be black & white.

 

[ajplmama]

It finally stopped raining so I got a few decent photos I think:

4 of the 7 look like this more or less:

Two are is lighter on the front and have larger light patches on their sides. One is also a bit more developed judging by the feathers:

One is darker. She has black feet unlike the rest and she doesn't have a much lighter chest or defined light patches on her sides. She's less developed than the light one but she was always darker: