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Hi.
...My Spotted Dusky girl at two-days-old(with her siblings) :
I had got three Light Dusky Indian Runner ducklings from this clutch... two of which being, in fact, Spotted Dusky...!
Here... :
At first, it is actually pretty difficult to distinguish Spotted Dusky ducklings from (ordinary) Light Dusky ones, since they look so much alike...
...but there is a small difference : indeed, Spotted Dusky ducklings' "down has some of the smokey effect that harlequin ducklings are known for" - to quote Dusky Feathers Waterfowl here...
► As you can see in the picture, my Spotted Dusky girl had a Spotted Dusky sibling.
A brother, to be specific...!
I had sadly re-homed him without taking satisfying pictures of him, but...
...here he was, at 2-months-old - the drakelet on our right :
(On our left is an ordinary Light Dusky drakelet...)
We can at least see this Spotted Dusky boy has BLUE wing speculums - a BLUE that appears darkish, purplish and softer than a Mallard's, but that is(I promise!) still very much iridescent.
In fact, his speculums are a bit darker than his Spotted Dusky sister...
...I would guess it is due to the Dusky gene instead of the Harlequin one... but what do I know?
► ...To BETTER compare with his sister...
Boy at 2-months-and-10-days-old :
His sister, like, ONE MINUTE before... :
See the difference in colour?
...My Spotted Dusky girl at two-days-old
I had got three Light Dusky Indian Runner ducklings from this clutch... two of which being, in fact, Spotted Dusky...!
Here... :
At first, it is actually pretty difficult to distinguish Spotted Dusky ducklings from (ordinary) Light Dusky ones, since they look so much alike...
...but there is a small difference : indeed, Spotted Dusky ducklings' "down has some of the smokey effect that harlequin ducklings are known for" - to quote Dusky Feathers Waterfowl here...
► As you can see in the picture, my Spotted Dusky girl had a Spotted Dusky sibling.
A brother, to be specific...!
I had sadly re-homed him without taking satisfying pictures of him, but...
...here he was, at 2-months-old - the drakelet on our right :
(On our left is an ordinary Light Dusky drakelet...)
We can at least see this Spotted Dusky boy has BLUE wing speculums - a BLUE that appears darkish, purplish and softer than a Mallard's, but that is
In fact, his speculums are a bit darker than his Spotted Dusky sister...
...I would guess it is due to the Dusky gene instead of the Harlequin one... but what do I know?
► ...To BETTER compare with his sister...
Boy at 2-months-and-10-days-old :
His sister, like, ONE MINUTE before... :
See the difference in colour?
