Rouen duckling?

Count Quackula

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Jun 3, 2020
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Hi all! New duck owner and also new poster here, though I have been reading the forums for a while now.
I acquired two friends from a local breeder, one blue swedish and one rouen...or so I thought! The rouen looked like a normal rouen duckling, albeit a touch lighter than the others. Now that they are just about five weeks and getting their feathers in I noticed a lot of white coming in. Is this normal, or is my rouen not actually a rouen? Thanks!

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Thank you! The breeder I went to had a few different breeds, but all of them were housed separately. I didn’t see all of them, though. I wonder if there was a mix up? Or somehow there was some cross-breeding? She incubated the eggs if that makes any difference.

Here are some pictures from the day I picked up my friends.
It was in a bin with much darker but similar marked ducklings. I actually picked this one out because it was lighter!
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Welcome to BYC!!! This community is great. I am still learning some duck breeds myself so I will tag in a few ducky friends to give you a hand.
@Miss Lydia @rjohns39 @Pyxis @DuckyDonna @KDOGG331
Hmm well I’m no expert either and don’t actually have ducks (yet!) but I’ve read a lot so I can try hahah appreciate the thought :love

To me it does kind of look like a mix but hopefully not. :fl

I wonder if it’s possible the Swedish somehow got with Rouens?
 
It will be easier when it gets its next set of feathers. If that was a picture as a baby I'm not sure.

I honestly can’t wait to see what my friend matures into. I wonder if it’s a mix? It’s hard to get in pictures but my mystery duckling is much bigger than my swedish. They supposedly only hatched about a day apart.
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the way it's standing I was thinking part runner but its body looks so wide idk. I've only had runners. I'm sure others with experience with lots of other breeds will be along soon to let you know.
 

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