What happened with the genes??

[KikiDeAnime]

This duckling is a Khaki Campbell and Welsh Harlequin mix.
I've never seen any like this that I've hatched in the past. They've always been brown with light brown or tan-ish chest spots. Sometimes they've even looked like mallard ducklings.

Does anyone know what happened to the genes to produce this duckling??

 

[Jenbirdee]

I don’t know much about genetics but that’s a really pretty duckling

 

[cheezenkwackers]

That is a dusky. It had to get it from mom and dad. The Harlequin gene is recessive so it doesn’t show up. He or she will grow up to look like a Khaki but without the sex-linked brown. Was the Khaki your female or male? I only know it is a Dusky because this is my little one I hatched five days ago:

Mine is a Dutch Hookbill. They often come in Dusky if you want to google what color yours will be grown up.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

That is a dusky. It had to get it from mom and dad. The Harlequin gene is recessive so it doesn’t show up. He or she will grow up to look like a Khaki but without the sex-linked brown. Was the Khaki your female or male? I only know it is a Dusky because this is my little one I hatched five days ago:
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Mine is a Dutch Hookbill. They often come in Dusky if you want to google what color yours will be grown up.

The father is Khaki Campbell.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

The father is Khaki Campbell.

Then your duckling is sex-linked and a drake. Yours is a normal, black Dusky. Chocolate Duskys are lighter brown, like a Khaki, but with the yellow wing tips. If yours was chocolate it would be a girl.