What color am I? (Duckling)

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Had a bunch more hatch, going to sort thru them today, will try to get detailed pics.
I think I’m changing my vote to Mallard. I was expecting the dark mallard color and spots in ducklings, but these don’t have the spots. I’ve had some Bluish ones hatch without the eyestripes, those I’m assuming will be Blue Mallard. The plain mallard designation here is probably what is Gray in Call duck colors, and those ducklings have the prominent eyestripes.
Also have a few variations on the Buff females from silvery to a tan.
 

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Got some pics of them now dried. Very hard to determine what’s what. I picked four of what I thought were the four patterns to dna test.
First-mallard male?
 

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And the problem child had a crack in its shell that didn’t pierce the membrane so I put masking tape on it. She pipped at the other end and mostly hatched but needed help at the end as her feet were sticking out of the shell and getting pecked by the others. She’s tiny but fierce and gets extra spoiled. I’m calling it a lilac mallard but it’s very light and silvery compared to the rest. Also a crest in two different places, so I will likely keep her just for eating eggs.
 

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