Musovy colortion? what are these?

[KWAK]

This is the male in winter.

And this is him and his mate in summer.

Their ducklings. Males are the dark brown and females are more white but moult to look exactly like the parents. I cant figure out what color they are... I thought Chocolate pieds but not really sure?


And what are these colors called? they are only a few months old right now.

What colors can I expect from all of the crosses from these ducks?

 

[KWAK]

Female during winter

 

[jdywntr]

Look like chocolate/white. The babies look barred chocolate but will probably become more solid colored. The group pic look black/white and a blue. What you get will depend on the coloration that is in the individual duck's line. Nice looking scovys.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are very pretty.

 

[Wulfandwyn]

Beauties!!!

 

[learycow]

Looks like you have a chocolate drake and a chocolate barred hen.
They change in the summer due to molting and their feathers getting sun bleached. That's why they are dark to start off, then turn lighter colored.
The young ones all look like chocolate barred. If they have any white on them, they are considered "pied", but sometimes they don't really look pied when they only have a little white.
It's hard to tell in the bottom picture, but it looks like you have 2 black (the one with white is pied), one chocolate, and one blue.
You will find that the muscovy ducks will change colors often, making you question the color you thought they were!
I'll post a few pics of mine for you to compare them to:


Blue pied hen



Black pied drake with white head (not all muscovies have a white head)



Two lavender (gray ducks), 2 black (one has a white head), and 2 chocolates



Its hard to tell in this pic, but this is a blue fawn male and female. They look chocolate, only there is a blue lacing to their feathers. You only notice it when they molt into their new feathers, but as they bleach in the sun, they look like the chocolates only really light brown.

As for the combination of colors you will get from yours, expect them all! I started off with 3, one black barred pied hen, one black pied hen, and a black pied drake. I was expecting black and white ducklings but got a combination of black, white, buff, lavender, and chocolate. I bought blue and blue fawn and now get even more colors! (blue, blue fawn, silver, etc). And with the barring you may get some really colorful barred ducks.