Welsh harlequin color genetics

[MerryMeridional]

Would the faded to purple brown color on that 2nd generation drake be dusky, or diluted black? I've noticed a couple of the mixed ducks look a little brown and I'm trying to figure out what gene is being expressed or affected by another.

Thanks for all your help. For mostly reading about anconas, you sure have helped a lot with the WHs!

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Would the faded to purple brown color on that 2nd generation drake be dusky, or diluted black? I've noticed a couple of the mixed ducks look a little brown and I'm trying to figure out what gene is being expressed or affected by another.

Thanks for all your help. For mostly reading about anconas, you sure have helped a lot with the WHs!

I do have some Welsh Harlequins I've crossbred with, just for fun . But I don't breed them pure very often.

Anconas have the black gene (most of them) and some of them can have "rust" or pencilling over it. I'm not sure what gene causes it, but that could be what's going on with yours.

 

[MerryMeridional]

Just wanted to share a few pictures to show how their colors were coming in. I am trying to figure out where the yellow bill originated from.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Just wanted to share a few pictures to show how their colors were coming in. I am trying to figure out where the yellow bill originated from.

They're very pretty! I don't know anything about the genetics of bill color, but it's interesting that only one has the yellow bill.