Four Females? - The brown one looks like a Buff Orpington, the gray one might be a Blue Swedish, the white one with the orange bill a Pekin and the one with the skin-colored bill might be one of Blanca's sisters, a White Layer.I've done it again. I've been looking at the online ads...
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Picking them up on Thursday.
The Pekin is a drake, and the seller said the white duck was also Pekin, but you and I know better. She also said the blue is a Swedish, and had no idea about the buff, but I also figure a Buff Orpington, which is a breed I like.
The white duck could be a White Layer or an Aylesbury Duck, which is an old meat-breed (unlikely) but there is also the possibility of a white Appleyard or Magpie.The Pekin is a drake, and the seller said the white duck was also Pekin, but you and I know better. She also said the blue is a Swedish, and had no idea about the buff, but I also figure a Buff Orpington, which is a breed I like.
I'm going to have to dig out the second coop's door, so I can put them in there until they integrate into the flock. I've been keeping all the others in the larger coop for the winter since I never got around to fixing the roof on the other one.
I really don't need another drake, though. I'll see if I can sell him at the Poultry Fair in May. I have a Muscovy drake that I'm going to bring, too, as well as a few bunnies. Again, too many males.
They're 2 years old, according to the seller, so full grown and mature. My white Magpie has an orange bill.
I dont know about that, I have 2 pekins and 3 white layers, there is only a little difference of Pekins weight more, about 1/2 pound in mine.
So i stick with White Layer. Standing more upright that the Pekin would confirm that.
Exactly that! - Ducks come in all sizes and statures, like us humons.
I'll be asking questions when I pick them up, including where they came from, and health history. With her pink bill, I find her much more attractive than regular white ducks (aka Pekin look).
