what Duck's are these???

[dwhite]

There not mallards, color is wrong, they could be blue butterscotch, they have some similarities to snowy's.

The head, body size, and shape is called comfirmation, it is not tied to a color but is tied to the quality of the bird, for any color of call you can find ones with wrong size head, body, or bill. This goes for any type of bird, it is all about culling the undesireable stock in order to breed for the best traits possible.

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Pet Quality Call ducks, and not Snowys.. They have Blue in them.. Not sure if there is a such thing as a Blue Snowy? because thats what they look like... They dont look like Butterscotch (I raise them..)

Not Mallards

 

[Senna95]

Yes, now that I look closer, they're not mallards. I guess they are call ducks after all.

I raise snowy mallards. This is one of my males. And yes, he is a mallard, but not a wild colored one.

The color of your ducks looks like blue harlequin: dusky, harlequin, and one blue dilution gene. If you were to cross the two (if one was female of course) you'd get 25% snowy, 50% "blue snowy" (I don't think that color has a name), and 25% of a color that I think is called "overberg", or at least overberg ducks have this coloring.

Anyway, it's a beautiful color! Congrats. Get them a couple of snowy females, and 50% of their offspring will be snowy, and 50% will be like yours.

 

[philandolivia]

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yep the hunt is on for some nice snowy females and fingers crossed next year get some offspring from them. I will keep you all informd and post pics when i get chicks from them. Any one on her from the UK near Co. Durham have any really nice snowy female duck's you wan't to sell or give away?

 

[mominoz]

Don't look like calls at all. I beleive they are mini-ducks. I have both Mini-Appleyards and mini- Overbergs from Dave Holderread and I bred the mini-Overbergs and they look just like my babies they have just gotten their plumage. It is some kind of restricted mallard pattern (snowy type). They are both drakes neck ring, etc.