What ducks do I have?

[CrystaBub]

I just make the worst behaved child of the day clean it.

I have an empty next so I'm just out of luck!

 

[HarringtonHomestead]

I have an empty next so I'm just out of luck!

Not looking forward to having to do all the chores myself, I'll tell you what.

I kid, I kid.... I do it all anyway, let's be honest.

 

[CrystaBub]

Not looking forward to having to do all the chores myself, I'll tell you what.

I kid, I kid.... I do it all anyway, let's be honest.

exactly!

 

[HarringtonHomestead]

exactly!

I mean, I love my kids and all, but let's just say I'd rather have more ducks.

 

[cymbaline]

TBH I didn't read the entire thread, lol, but my guess would be you've got a Welsh Harlequin (the yellow with black tips), a mallard (the brown with yellow spots) and a fawn and white runner (the yellow one - could also be Pekin or aylesbury but the shape of its face and Bill says runner to me), and if the one you're holding is just plain brown when dry, a khaki campbell. All positively adorable!

 

[Duck Hill]

There are 4. Darkwing, the yellow one, is 2.5 weeks old. All the others are 1.5 weeks old: Batman, the all black with a yellow head (Rouen is my guess). Diana, the yellow with black head. And Aquaman, the brown one that is being held because pictures are evil. They are all TSC's finest.

The one that, as a baby, looks yellow with a dark tail, back and top of head could be a Golden 300 male. You can research these. It is not a breed. It is a mixture of breeds commonly sold by TSC. The ones with black tail/heads are males. Ones with similar coloring but in brown are females.

I purchased the duckling pictured below at TSC because its markings looked a lot like an Appleyard. But I was deceived by its looks. For the Golden 300 non-breed, the duckling color is not predictive. The duckling pictured below and a similar friend, when they feathered out as juveniles, looked much like darkish mallards or rouen. And, of course, both were males.

Look up the thread "TSC Duckling Identification"

However, because Golden 300s are mixtures of breeds, each duckling can grow up to be a different color. So yours may be very different when they grow up. Just be aware... if yours are Golden 300s, they don't breed true. Any offspring may be very different from the parents. But I could be wrong. If your duckling with black on it quacks, it's not a Golden 300.

 

[HarringtonHomestead]

TBH I didn't read the entire thread, lol, but my guess would be you've got a Welsh Harlequin (the yellow with black tips), a mallard (the brown with yellow spots) and a fawn and white runner (the yellow one - could also be Pekin or aylesbury but the shape of its face and Bill says runner to me), and if the one you're holding is just plain brown when dry, a khaki campbell. All positively adorable!

Darkwing (the potential Runner) has grown some impressive chest hair, as we like to call it. Ready dark feather shafts have popped up over the last few days. We thought s/he had rolled in poop at first glance, before we gave her a bath and it didn't go away. Lol

The other is mostly brown when dry. Seems to have some lighter, almost yellow, stripes, but basically brown. I'll try to get more pictures of them in the AM.

 

[HarringtonHomestead]

The one that, as a baby, looks yellow with a dark tail, back and top of head could be a Golden 300 male. You can research these. It is not a breed. It is a mixture of breeds commonly sold by TSC. The ones with black tail/heads are males. Ones with similar coloring but in brown are females.

I purchased the duckling pictured below at TSC because its markings looked a lot like an Appleyard. But I was deceived by its looks. For the Golden 300 non-breed, the duckling color is not predictive. The duckling pictured below and a similar friend, when they feathered out as juveniles, looked much like darkish mallards or rouen. And, of course, both were males.

Look up the thread "TSC Duckling Identification"

However, because Golden 300s are mixtures of breeds, each duckling can grow up to be a different color. So yours may be very different when they grow up. Just be aware... if yours are Golden 300s, they don't breed true. Any offspring may be very different from the parents. But I could be wrong. If your duckling with black on it quacks, it's not a Golden 300.

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It's always so loud here between the kids/dogs/poultry that I can't honestly tell you if I've heard Diana quack, yet. Pretty sure I have as I'm almost positive they've all done the duckling quack on their way being separated for the 30 seconds it takes to get them into the bathtub. I'll double check tomorrow.

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[HarringtonHomestead]

Today's bath picture.