Swedish color question

[Flockandfowl46]

Cayuga should have no white on them at all if they are pure

 

[Table4Six]

Actually, only the very good quality birds that meet all cayuga standards don't get white as they get older. With each molt more white feathers appear. This is true for most black ducks.

 

[Lil Drake40]

Yep seeing it on my blk female Runners

 

[Table4Six]

My Cayuga and Black Runner hen are getting more white also. They're from Metzer Farms, but I don't care what quality they are, I love 'em just the same
Otherwise, I would've gone with breeders.

 

[Lil Drake40]

I think they look pretty with polka dots of white

 

[Table4Six]

Yes, they do! I think it looks very unique and pretty. I'm not sure if Black East Indies usually get white as they get older. I have a young BEI drake, guess I'll just have to wait and see. He's a lucky young guy, lol, the only boy in a pen with 24 hens
I have four ducklings in the garage that could be drakes though, so his glory might be short lived.

 

[WickedChicksNH]

Her quack is loud and Louie's is a whisper like my Zeke. so I am assuming she is a girl
Ok I got some other pics of her and her other half, I think they like to pose for the camera lol.
So Louie my other one you see is male.

Louie's feet are all black, Pippa's is orange and black, Pippa's bill has the orange and Louie's doesn't have any orange.
Louie seems to have a bigger butt too. and seems to be getting bigger than Pippa, I got them at the same time,
I ordered them through Agway. not directly through a breeder,they order them from the breeder

 

[Lil Drake40]

Who’s the hatchery? They really are beautiful!

 

[WickedChicksNH]

Since we are on the topic of pure black ducks, I have Gabby, (I switched names since they all ended up with the wrong names for their sex lol)
But she a Black runner, and the one that always announces me when I arrive at the pen.

I will post the pics of when I got them home and they were little, I wasn't going for any purebred I guess you could say. just a some ducks for a pet.

this pippa and louie when I brought them home. don't you just want to love all up on them?

Zeke and Gabby when I brought them home

You seen Gabby above and and this is Zeke now (Rouen)

 

[WickedChicksNH]

Her quack is loud and Louie's is a whisper like my Zeke. so I am assuming she is a girl
Ok I got some other pics of her and her other half, I think they like to pose for the camera lol.
So Louie my other one you see is male.

Louie's feet are all black, Pippa's is orange and black, Pippa's bill has the orange and Louie's doesn't have any orange.
Louie seems to have a bigger butt too. and seems to be getting bigger than Pippa, I got them at the same time,
I ordered them through Agway. not directly through a breeder,they order them from the breeder

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I'm not sure, I don't remember if the feed store listed where they get them from once you order them