Question about our new ducklings/genetics.

[Jvbucks]

We have a fawn and white female runner duck, and a black male runner duck. Our female became broody about a month ago, and hatched out 12 healthy babies this week. Unfortunately we lost a few, but I’m curious as to what color these will be? I’ve done a bit of reading and saw that Fawn and white ducks have complicated genetics. Can anyone help me? I’m no good at sexing the babies but I really want to keep a female. Hopefully I get lucky. This is a pic of mom and babies. They are yellow and black spotted right now.

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

probably black and white

 

[Runner duck mom]

Beautiful mom and ducklings I would love to see your babies as they get older!

 

[Jvbucks]

Beautiful mom and ducklings I would love to see your babies as they get older!

Thank you so much! We are keeping the one, but the rest are going to some friends. I’ll be interested to see what they look like too!

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Thank you so much! We are keeping the one, but the rest are going to some friends. I’ll be interested to see what they look like too!

black and white ducks they shall be

 

[Jvbucks]

black and white ducks they shall be

Thank you! It’s still such a “surprise” as they grow and change. Our female was just all yellow as a duckling. Our male was all black as a baby. I just hope the one we are keeping is a girl! I can’t have 2 drakes and 1 duck.

 

[sylviethecochin]

According to what I know about duck genetics (admittedly not a ton) the pied is dominant, and black crosses with fawn to make blue.

So I think your ducklings should be blue pied?

Here's a bit of a breakdown of genetics types from the Indian Runner duck club.

Colour genotypes:

• Mallard Wild colour (+).
• Trout Wild colour except for light phase (li/li).
• Blue Trout Wild colour except for light phase (li/li); heterozygous for blue dilution (Bl/bl+).
• Apricot Trout Wild colour except for light phase (li/li); homozygous for blue dilution (Bl/Bl).
• Fawn Wild colour except for light phase (li/li), dusky mallard (md / md) and sex-linked brown dilution (d/(d)).
• Black Extended black (E/E).
• Chocolate Extended black (E/E), brown dilution(d/(d)).
• Cumberland Blue Extended black (E/E), heterozygous for blue dilution (Bl/bl+).
• Fawn&white Wild colour (including dark phase Li+/Li+), except for dusky mallard (md / md), the pied Runner gene (R/R) and the brown dilution (d/(d)).
• American fawn&white Wild colour (including dark phase Li+/Li+), except for dusky mallard (md / md), the pied Runner gene (R/R), homozygous blue dilution (Bl/Bl) and the brown dilution (d/(d)).
• White Epistatic, recessive white (c/c) gene.
• Silver Wild colour except for harlequin phase (lih/lih) and dusky mallard (md / md).

And once you know what the genetics of your adults are, you can input them into This Genetics Calculator.

The calculator is German and will call fawn and white "lavender dusky mallard runner/pied"

Good luck.

 

[chickens really]

They look Black..Very cute.

 

[Runnerducks1]

Probably same color as mom.

 

[Jvbucks]

According to what I know about duck genetics (admittedly not a ton) the pied is dominant, and black crosses with fawn to make blue.

So I think your ducklings should be blue pied?

Here's a bit of a breakdown of genetics types from the Indian Runner duck club.

Colour genotypes:

• Mallard Wild colour (+).
• Trout Wild colour except for light phase (li/li).
• Blue Trout Wild colour except for light phase (li/li); heterozygous for blue dilution (Bl/bl+).
• Apricot Trout Wild colour except for light phase (li/li); homozygous for blue dilution (Bl/Bl).
• Fawn Wild colour except for light phase (li/li), dusky mallard (md / md) and sex-linked brown dilution (d/(d)).
• Black Extended black (E/E).
• Chocolate Extended black (E/E), brown dilution(d/(d)).
• Cumberland Blue Extended black (E/E), heterozygous for blue dilution (Bl/bl+).
• Fawn&white Wild colour (including dark phase Li+/Li+), except for dusky mallard (md / md), the pied Runner gene (R/R) and the brown dilution (d/(d)).
• American fawn&white Wild colour (including dark phase Li+/Li+), except for dusky mallard (md / md), the pied Runner gene (R/R), homozygous blue dilution (Bl/Bl) and the brown dilution (d/(d)).
• White Epistatic, recessive white (c/c) gene.
• Silver Wild colour except for harlequin phase (lih/lih) and dusky mallard (md / md).

And once you know what the genetics of your adults are, you can input them into This Genetics Calculator.

The calculator is German and will call fawn and white "lavender dusky mallard runner/pied"

Good luck.

Check out these “teenage” ducks. I think you were right! (Mom is white/brown and dad is black).