Runner duck chick colour

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I have 3 indian runner ducks and they are 5 weeks old I was just wondering what colour they will be when they grow up?
I assume they will be fawn but not sure
Also one of them is bigger than the others is this most likely to be the male/drake.
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Hi.

I have 3 indian runner ducks and they are 5 weeks old I was just wondering what colour they will be when they grow up?
I assume they will be fawn but not sure

Well...
...if you could post pictures of your ducklings first with their fluff, and then in their juvenile plumage...?

Also one of them is bigger than the others is this most likely to be the male/drake.

No.
For the time being, you really can't be sure of that : at 5-weeks-old, some ducklets (♀) are taller and bigger than drakelets (♂)...!

Still, you should be able to sex them by their voice very soon : girls will quack loudly, and boys will have a raspy, kind of broken voice...
 
Hi.



Well...
...if you could post pictures of your ducklings first with their fluff, and then in their juvenile plumage...?



No.
For the time being, you really can't be sure of that : at 5-weeks-old, some ducklets (♀) are taller and bigger than drakelets (♂)...!

Still, you should be able to sex them by their voice very soon : girls will quack loudly, and boys will have a raspy, kind of broken voice...
Added the photos there
 
Hi.

Added the photos there

Huh... Sorry for not replying earlier!

Would you mind posting more pictures, now your ducks are a bit older?

I can see ONE that has the Pied pattern, but I don't know for the other two : from what I can see, they could be heterozygous for Pied (meaning they would have only ONE Pied allele, instead of two).
 

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