Welsh harlequin hen?

[Abold87]

Hadnt heard of there being two different variations of coloring.
We have 3 ducks we recieved with these we were told were welsh but im thinking not id posted them in another post. But ill attach photos. Someone mentioned golden 300.

There are also two color variations for WH. There is the more common silver phase that has the blue/green/purple spectrum feathers on the wings. There is also the gold phase. The spectrum feathers are gold/bronze and the markings are brown. A gold phase WH won't have any black markings.

I think the one that is molting (no primary wing feathers) may be a gold phase but you'll have to wait and see when she's done molting.

 

[Abold87]

Or would they have more white?
The older man had 400 ducks. Didn't mention if he had other breeds aside from pekin and Rouen.

 

[Duckworth]

Females

The one that is molting looks like it has blue wing feathers growing in and has the same coloring as my welshies, which are all silver phase. The feathers coming in look just like my girls' wing feathers did with that light bluish tone and they turned out to be the deep teal blue of silver phase Welsh.

 

[Duckworth]

Or would they have more white?
The older man had 400 ducks. Didn't mention if he had other breeds aside from pekin and Rouen.

The one in this picture looks a bit different to me. Possibly a mixed breed, but you may not be able to tell until it has molted into full nuptial plumage, assuming it hasn't already.

 

[Abold87]

The one in this picture looks a bit different to me. Possibly a mixed breed, but you may not be able to tell until it has molted into full nuptial plumage, assuming it hasn't already.

I was thinking mixed. Some of the drakes have stripes on the eyes like rouen. And colors look more like a cheeta