What Color Would this Duck Be ?

[chickbrad24]

Hello everybody,

Have a question about my one duck I hatched out this spring. What color would she / he be ?

He / She came from my project I've been woring on.

I thought Lavender But he/ she is a lot lighter then my Lavender Wyandottes .

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I do not know what color to call her / him.

Thank you again !!

 

[Gray Farms]

Blue

 

[PirateGirl]

The light color one looks much like a splash that comes out of breeding ducks with the blue gene.

The black and white one would be black, the darker grey and white one would be blue.

From my understanding, all 3 of those colors can come from a hatch when you breed 2 blue parents.

 

[Drake Wrangler]

There is a young drake from this last hatch that I couldn't determine the color of and is similar to the pinto in your pics but with a bit more chocolate tone. The splash duck in your pics is very pretty like a full silver.

 

[chickbrad24]

Here are the parents, They are full blue. So would the white and blue one be considered blue or splash ?

 

[PirateGirl]

White and Blue is still blue, but it inherited a different color PATTERN. I don't know a ton about genetics, but color and pattern are two different genes. So the color is BLUE but the PATTERN is ?? (sorry I don't know all the pattern names)

 

[PirateGirl]

Blue and white is still a BLUE COLOR duck but with a different PATTERN. Color and Pattern are expressed by different genes. I do not know a ton about duck color genetics, but know that color and pattern are separate... perhaps this will help better explain.

http://www.nantahala-farm.com/ancona-dave-holderread-waterfowl-genetics-s.shtml

 

[chickbrad24]

White and Blue is still blue, but it inherited a different color PATTERN. I don't know a ton about genetics, but color and pattern are two different genes. So the color is BLUE but the PATTERN is ?? (sorry I don't know all the pattern names)

I think the pattern may be bibbed. If I'm

Blue and white is still a BLUE COLOR duck but with a different PATTERN. Color and Pattern are expressed by different genes. I do not know a ton about duck color genetics, but know that color and pattern are separate... perhaps this will help better explain.

http://www.nantahala-farm.com/ancona-dave-holderread-waterfowl-genetics-s.shtml

Thank you, I know about the blue, black, splash with chickens but not ducks. I am surprised that he picked up a different pattern of blue and would be considered blue and not splash but you learn something new every day.

 

[PirateGirl]

He picked up a Bib gene (I think this is dominant) and there's another gene for the other white markings.