What breeds are these beautiful ducks I photographed in California last week?

[quackers-and-cheese]

Picture One:
http://i.imgur.com/bKLzFB7.jpg

Picture 2

Are there 3 breeds? Or 4?

 

[Georgina Fritznoodle]

Looks like 4 different breeds. I would guess Pekin, Blue Swedish, and Welsh Harlequin. Not sure what that fourth breed is.

 

[Pyxis]

Two pekins in the front, possibly a blue Swedish right behind them, to the far left a poorly colored welsh harlequin female. Same for the duck in the back on the right, and the two furthest to the right are probably Muscovy crosses.

 

[quackers-and-cheese]

Pykis, thank you for your quick reply. I do recall the owners saying several things when our conversation turned to their ducks:
1. They own Muscovy.
2. They own a breed that is its own class, apart from other duck breeds.
3. They talked about how a breed they own grow the gibble (the red flappy thingy that turkeys have).

 

[quackers-and-cheese]

Looks like 4 different breeds. I would guess Pekin, Blue Swedish, and Welsh Harlequin. Not sure what that fourth breed is.

Which is the unknown fourth breed?

 

[Pyxis]

Pykis, thank you for your quick reply. I do recall the owners saying several things when our conversation turned to their ducks:
1. They own Muscovy.
2. They own a breed that is its own class, apart from other duck breeds.
3. They talked about how a breed they own grow the gibble (the red flappy thingy that turkeys have).

They might just mean muscovies with all those facts, and maybe those two are immature muscovies, not Muscovy crosses. Muscovies are their own species and grow red caruncles.

 

[Georgina Fritznoodle]

Which is the unknown fourth breed?

The two that are the furthest to the right. I think Pyxis is right about them being Muscovies or Muscovy crosses.

 

[quackers-and-cheese]

They might just mean muscovies with all those facts, and maybe those two are immature muscovies, not Muscovy crosses. Muscovies are their own species and grow red caruncles.

Thank you for your helpful comments.

FWIW, when they mentioned those facts, I don't recall if they were talking about one and the same breed. Maybe. Maybe not. I don't remember.

 

[quackers-and-cheese]

The two that are the furthest to the right. I think Pyxis is right about them being Muscovies or Muscovy crosses.

Georgina, thanks for your comments. Do you think that these Muscovies, when they grow up, will have red flappy things on their nose (like turkeys)?

Another question: What would the third-to-the-right duck's breed be (in Picture 1)? Blue swedish? To my untrained eyes, I thought that the three rightmost ducks were the same breed.

 

[Pyxis]

Do you think that these Muscovies, when they grow up, will have red flappy things on their nose (like turkeys)?

Another question: What would the third-to-the-right duck's breed be (in Picture 1)? Blue swedish? To my untrained eyes, I thought that the three rightmost ducks were the same breed.

If they are muscovies, then yes, they will grow caruncles (that is what the red fleshy growths on their faces are called). Third from the right is most likely a welsh harlequin female, probably hatchery stock, since her coloring is a little off.