rouen crosses

[cheezenkwackers]

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this fawn and white is almost certainly the father of two of them, because they have a somewhat visible runner pattern on the neck/head over their diluted rouen
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That makes sense as well. Btw, that would be a sex-linked cross so brown means female, black, males.

 

[the phneeb]

this dad is what we believe to be a black swedish/cayuga cross? his bib is inconsistent and he didnt have white wingtips, and is pretty small. however one baby has a bigger bib and white wingtips, so if its not his its the pekin’s.

 

[the phneeb]

That makes sense as well. Btw, that would be a sex-linked cross so brown means female, black, males.

yeah both are female, the vocalizations gave it away too

 

[cheezenkwackers]

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this dad is what we believe to be a black swedish/cayuga cross? his bib is inconsistent and he didnt have white wingtips, and is pretty small. however one baby has a bigger bib and white wingtips, so if its not his its the pekin’s.View attachment 3703474

Interesting. I know white wingtips are associated with recessive bibbing but that doesn’t make sense with your female.

 

[the phneeb]

final dad!!! he is a crested cayuga, but may be a cayuga and swedish cross too because he had a bib as a baby and grew out of it, and the two girl cayugas we got later on didnt have that. one baby has a partial bib and is completely black otherwise and acts a lot like him, so we think its his but not sure.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

yeah both are female, the vocalizations gave it away too

Maybe the black and white are his (the runner) too but drakes? If they turn out to truly be black then they aren’t.

 

[the phneeb]

Interesting. I know white wingtips are associated with recessive bibbing but that doesn’t make sense with your female.

yeah im stumped on the bibbed children with having one bibbed dad, one pekin dad, and one dad that was bibbed as a baby and grew out of it.

 

[the phneeb]

Maybe the black and white are his too but drakes? If they turn out to truly be black then they aren’t.

that could be it. honestly i only thought they were pekin because theyre pretty large and none of the others look like him, and he was the male that was always with the mom

 

[the phneeb]

(also if anyone is worried on gender ratios, we have added 6 gals and given away 4 of the five males, dw)

 

[cheezenkwackers]

that could be it. honestly i only thought they were pekin because theyre pretty large and none of the others look like him, and he was the male that was always with the mom

Unless they are the ones you gave away, it will be more clear when they feather out. If they get normal mallard brown feathers the Runner is the dad. If they stay black then it could be the Pekin or any of the others.