Pictures of my Muscovies

Tuxedo thinking he is a boy 13 weeks old

Mohawk we are thinking also a boy same age.

Lumina (named by my cousins 3 year old daughter Bella) girl since she is tiny what color do you think she is?

Minny Moo is the tiniest one we have and a girl any thoughts on color?

Lil Tux a mini version of Tuxedo we are thinking girl

Snowball not sure if it's a boy or girl but very interesting color so we are keeping either way. Hard to see in the picture but an off white color with a light brown head. The one behind is a girl.

Whisper named by my niece also a girl.

Emma was told that she was a he but is very tiny and petite so I am guessing girl

A picture of Emma with the other ducks she is so tiny I can't think she could be a boy unless she is stunted somehow.

Last but certainly not least is Slick ( a girl but named by my son) Any thoughts on color she is such a cool coloring.

Decided to keep 9 total thinking two are boys and 7 girls hopefully that is a good ratio. Might have two more girls coming soon but they are only 3 weeks right now so we would have to wait a bit for them to get bigger.

So what do you think?

 

Thank you for the replies. There is such a color variation it makes it hard to tell what color they might be and since they are my first Muscovy birds I am definitely not good at colors. I know that the chocolates are chocolate but the blues tend to have darker chests and lighter backs so it was confusing. Also looking at Emma and reading in my Storey's Guide I am wondering if she is a magpie coloring. Since her primary color is white with brown highlights. Any ideas what colors her babies might be? I am excited to have them start breeding next spring so I can actually see what color babies they are going to have.

 

Sweet that was how I was guessing and hoping I was right. Was not sure about Snowball because he/she is larger than the other ducks but her face is so feminine I didn't think she was a drake and she is definitely smaller than the drakes I have. I have a black barred duck and white duck coming as well so my total ducks will be 9. How many drakes would be good for the group. The two I posted are my two top picks but I also have a lilac drake that is almost identical to Slick as well as two more blues a silver (I think), two more browns and a black. Could I keep another drake or is two enough. Also the blue drake that I posted above, do you think he has white head gene as well. How dominant is that trait. Will all the babies have white head or is it a recessive trait that just might pop out here and there? What is the difference between lilac and lavender? I thought they were the same color. How do you tell them apart?

Here are some pictures of the other drakes I have




Lilac drake maybe not sure

Blue drake?

Brown drake

Brown drake definitely he already weighs close to 12 pounds at 13 weeks


Lavender drake maybe?

Black drake? Not sure.


I have one more blue drake pretty sure he is a drake because he is big. These ones I posted to try and find homes for but maybe I can sneak another drake in the mix with the amount of girls I have or would that be bad for them?

 

That is so cool I can't wait until they start having babies. I have a brown bibbed drake and and a blue drake (possibly with white head gene also ) that I am keeping so far. I have a black, lavender, and lilac that are different colors I could keep for drakes as well ( I am guessing they are drakes but not sure of anything lol) . So maybe with adding two more ducks (they are 5 weeks right now) I will be able to keep one more drake. That would make my ratio 3 drakes to 9 ducks.