What color are these Muscovies?

[AlleysChicks]

silver or lav barred. probably silver as I'm seeing a bit of color variation.

Thanks! He does have a bit of mud on him. He likes to roll in it. He was a solid yellow ling, not sure if that makes a difference.

 

[dotporter]

Thanks! He does have a bit of mud on him. He likes to roll in it. He was a solid yellow ling, not sure if that makes a difference.

Ya, all barred are born solid yellow except for the tip of the tail. The tip of the tail usually tells you the color. If he feathers in one solid color head to tail with a slightly purple cast, that is lav. Light blue with variations of color on head and tail is probably silver.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Ya, all barred are born solid yellow except for the tip of the tail. The tip of the tail usually tells you the color. If he feathers in one solid color head to tail with a slightly purple cast, that is lav. Light blue with variations of color on head and tail is probably silver.

He’s the yellow one at the top. The one below him I was told would be white with a blue saddle. But she’s barred too.

 

[dotporter]

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He’s the yellow one at the top. The one below him I was told would be white with a blue saddle. But she’s barred too.

aww... They sure are cute. But, no that color on the back doesn't mean they'll have a saddle. Just a weird thing some barred ducks get. They are precious tho.

 

[AlleysChicks]

aww... They sure are cute. But, no that color on the back doesn't mean they'll have a saddle. Just a weird thing some barred ducks get. They are precious tho.

Oh I absolutely love them. These ones all have names.
Batch 2 I’m waiting to find out genders. There are 2 chocolate pied and 3 black pied.

What did the 4 dot thing mean?

These ones are good jumpers. They spend the night in the garage and day outside. Currently building them a bigger pen.

 

[dotporter]

Oh I absolutely love them. These ones all have names.
Batch 2 I’m waiting to find out genders. There are 2 chocolate pied and 3 black pied. View attachment 1503308
What did the 4 dot thing mean?

These ones are good jumpers. They spend the night in the garage and day outside. Currently building them a bigger pen.
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four spots and an eye stripe. It's called "wild type". They get more random white than atipico ducks (ones that don't have dots and eye stripes), but otherwise it only shows in the chicks.

 

[AlleysChicks]

four spots and an eye stripe. It's called "wild type". They get more random white than atipico ducks (ones that don't have dots and eye stripes), but otherwise it only shows in the chicks.

Ah ok, I remember you saying something about it in another thread but wasn’t sure if it was a bad thing or not. So I have 1 wild type and the rest are atipico?

 

[dotporter]

Ah ok, I remember you saying something about it in another thread but wasn’t sure if it was a bad thing or not. So I have 1 wild type and the rest are atipico?

Yep. You only have one wild type. It's not bad. It's just that some people prefer solid colored or evenly marked birds and wild type tend to be a little more random with the white as adults.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Yep. You only have one wild type. It's not bad. It's just that some people prefer solid colored or evenly marked birds and wild type tend to be a little more random with the white as adults.

Oh that doesn’t bother me. I love colorful flocks.