What Color is My Drake?

[hmarg06]

This is one of my almost yearling Muscovy drakes. This picture makes him look darker than in real life. In real life he looks almost buff/golden with some blue color to his tail. This makes him look more blue fawn-ish? I have other ducks that are blue or blue fawn with brown tints to their necks, and I also have a chocolate hen. He's a good 50% lighter or more than my chocolate, and around 30% lighter than the blues/blue fawns. He's not sun faded because we are just coming out of winter, and he has actually gotten a little darker than as a duckling last fall. Please help, I'm terrible with Muscovy colors, but he's really extra stumping me!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Buff colored Muscovy.

 

[hmarg06]

I don't know how buff works, so I'm not sure it would be possible for me to get that color? I started with one black drake, 2 blue drakes, and I think 2 silver drakes, 2 chocolate hens, and the rest seemed like they could be silver, and blue/blue fawn since I can't tell what they should be. The lady I got them from seemed to think buff was possible in my original stock (this is a generation down), so maybe some of the hens that looked mostly white/silver were buff? It's been hard to tell since some of the hens seemed to be mostly white, even though I knew that wasn't their base color. I suppose without knowing what the parent stock is for sure it would be hard to say. He definitely has blue in his tail, is that possible in buff? I'd like for him to be buff, I'm just not sure he can be haha.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@learycow is great with Muscovy colors

 

[HuffleClaw]

@Kessel23, any ideas?

 

[MagpieDucks]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/color-chart.1300117/

I couldn't find anything on this that would match it exactly...

 

[Kessel23]

@Kessel23, any ideas?

Yeah, Idk. I have never seen one that looks close enough to yours for me to know what it is.
Sorry, good luck though

 

[hmarg06]

This is what I was afraid of haha! I can't find anything super close to his color. I was going to process him and one other drake left from the fall, but now maybe I'll have to keep him. Maybe someone else will know what the heck he is.

 

[Kessel23]

This is what I was afraid of haha! I can't find anything super close to his color. I was going to process him and one other drake left from the fall, but now maybe I'll have to keep him. Maybe someone else will know what the heck he is.

I would keep him, it must be a pretty uncommon color if no one has an answer

 

[AquaDuck]

You've discovered a new color! Keep him and make babies