Welsh harlequin or..?

[nelleyoukai]

I recently got a pair of welsh harlequin ducklings, (First time raising them) but from what I've seen from online pictures I'm not sure if they really are? What does everyone think? They are the darker ones.

 

[Lozuufy]

They don't look like welsh harlequin ducklings to me, the larger dark one looks maybe like a Rouen and the smaller one I don't know. Maybe a runner cause of the mottled coloring?

Welcome to BYC also!

 

[ryanhodapp]

Welcome to,BYC.
I got my WH this year, born in July. When they were babies they were all yellow. They were never that dark brown.

I got mine from Metzgers.

Here's a few pics

They are nice ducks.

 

[nelleyoukai]

These are their parents, those are welsh harlequins right?
I've only had Google images to go off as I've never seen them before, so I have no idea

 

[nelleyoukai]

Hmm.. They look nothing like yours Ryanhodapp.
I wonder what they are.

 

[ryanhodapp]

These are my first ducks too. There is a welsch Harlequin thread with more pictures. You could look there.

My girls have feathered out pretty much like the pictures I posted. They do have blue feathers under the wing area. Not sure what that area is called. But they Definitely have more white.

Marlene

 

[apricotvalleywf]

Definitely not Welsh Harlequins. They have the harlequin gene in a gold phase + something else. The drake in the photo has major flaws.

They are still nice ducks

 

[apricotvalleywf]

Some of our too show quality harlequins below.

 

[revans2003]

Some of our too show quality harlequins below.

How is it possible that none of those ducks and geese are sitting in those waterers????

 

[cayugaducklady]

lol. My thoughts exactly.

One of my hens cant drink or dabble without having her butt in the pan.