What color am I? (Duckling)

[Bolfreak]

Finally got a Crested baby - been working on this for a year and hatched out non Cresteds (Blue and Black Swedish, no Crests).
Drake: Standard Buff
Duck: White Crested
Options are:
Blue Mallard male
Mallard male
Buff Lilac Mallard female
Buff Chocolate Mallard female

Post your guesses! I will update with pics and dna results in a few weeks, which will tell if male/female to get us closer to the answer.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

It is hard to tell with the lighting in the first pictures and not a full body shot in the second. I also do not understand who you think the parents are. Were the standard buff and the white crested the grandparents? The crested gene is dominant but shows variable expression. Which means a duck can have the genes which say crested and the crest is so small we can’t see it (or they get a big crest) But, either can then pass it down.