Pekin?

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I’d love some guesses or insight on what this duckling is.
It was so tiny and sickly when I got it. It’s been three weeks now and it’s maybe doubled in size. A magpie ducking I got at the same time is the same size as this duckling. Yet you can see the two duckling drakes (I’d love guesses on what they are too) are much bigger. Easily twice it’s size.
when I got the yellow duckling I thought maybe it was a call duck. The head shape looked kinda like calls, but now it looks more like a pekin to me. But my two older pekin girls grew way faster then this one. Granted, I know my older girls are jumbos. Is this duckling just a standard pekin?
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I’d love some guesses or insight on what this duckling is.
It was so tiny and sickly when I got it. It’s been three weeks now and it’s maybe doubled in size. A magpie ducking I got at the same time is the same size as this duckling. Yet you can see the two duckling drakes (I’d love guesses on what they are too) are much bigger. Easily twice it’s size.
when I got the yellow duckling I thought maybe it was a call duck. The head shape looked kinda like calls, but now it looks more like a pekin to me. But my two older pekin girls grew way faster then this one. Granted, I know my older girls are jumbos. Is this duckling just a standard pekin?
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Looks like a Pekin to me 🤷🏼‍♀️
 
Thank you guys😊
The Rouen I wasn’t sure if it looked pure or mixed. It’s coloring has always looked darker then pictures online.
Are you sure the one is a khaki? It isn’t really that brown in person and the feathers coming in are black. Do khakis have black back and stomach feathers?

So my guess at it being a pekin is right. It will be interesting to see the size difference between it and the jumbos.
 
I've read that pekins have more orange/yellow bills and white layers have pinker bills. The duckling in the front appears to have a pinker bill to me.

But I've seen photos from hatcheries advertising pekins where half the ducklings have pink bills, so I'm not sure how reliable that is.
 

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