My New Babies! Now What Are They?

[americanchicks]

Hey All!
I ended up getting a bonded trio of ducks form a gal that was moving. She told me they where Rouen. Well I have had them for a while now and I have been getting an egg a day from both ducks. So why not hatch right? Well today I got my first 4. Thing is they dont look like pics of Rouen ducklings I have seen online, well one dose. They kinda look like Welsh Harlequin. The parents don't quite look like pure Rouen either. The drake maybe a silver Rouen? Anyhoo I have pics of both babies and parents please chime in with your input.
Thanks


You can see the ones on the left have a lighter bill with a black tip, where as the other two have dark bills. Could bill color determined gender, like with the WH?

Dad (On left) and Mommas. You can see one of the ducks has a tiny crest. I also saw a couple ducks running around where I got the trio with crest. So I know they carry crested. Could that account for the colors being a little off from your standard Rouen? I guess its also possible my WH drake Kelso (other drake pictured) got in there. I have them in separate pens now but the time eggs where gathered they where all together.

 

[Isaac 0]

I would guess a mix of some sort, three of the ducklings look like WH to me, the other one looks like a dark phase Silver Appleyard duckling, but the two males look like WH, the females might have some Silver Appleyard in them? or they might be crossed with a WH/Saxony.

Could you get some side pictures of the ducklings? They are adorable!

 

[americanchicks]

I know right. Chicks are cute but ducklings are CUUUTE! I am newer to ducks than to chickens. This is my first year having different types other than Muscovy. I find trying to figure out the subtle difference between them confusing sometimes. Like with the drakes. The silver phase Appleyard, Rouen,and WH all look very similar. Anyooo adorable pics coming up...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Awww

 

[Knighstar679]

Hey All!
I ended up getting a bonded trio of ducks form a gal that was moving. She told me they where Rouen. Well I have had them for a while now and I have been getting an egg a day from both ducks. So why not hatch right? Well today I got my first 4. Thing is they dont look like pics of Rouen ducklings I have seen online, well one dose. They kinda look like Welsh Harlequin. The parents don't quite look like pure Rouen either. The drake maybe a silver Rouen? Anyhoo I have pics of both babies and parents please chime in with your input.
Thanks


You can see the ones on the left have a lighter bill with a black tip, where as the other two have dark bills. Could bill color determined gender, like with the WH?
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Dad (On left) and Mommas. You can see one of the ducks has a tiny crest. I also saw a couple ducks running around where I got the trio with crest. So I know they carry crested. Could that account for the colors being a little off from your standard Rouen? I guess its also possible my WH drake Kelso (other drake pictured) got in there. I have them in separate pens now but the time eggs where gathered they where all together.
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I don’t know if the sex link transfers to mix breeds. If it does a that could be awesome.

 

[Isaac 0]

I see two Dark phase Silver Appleyards and two Welsh harlequins.

 

[FunQuail]

I think with your adult ducks at least they look like gold phase WH and the girl with the crest must be mixed crested and gold phase WH. That's my best guess anyway.
Kelly

 

[jaykayhuff]

The adult females look like they have Saxony markings and coloring on their faces. But they don't typically have the dark wings so maybe mixed with Rouen? The drake on the left definitely looks WH, but the one on the right looks to be mixed.