What would you call this plumage on runner duck?

[littlenell1]

She is from my first hatch, and I thought she was going to be a beige colour but she seems more silver than anything.
Others in the group are black/white, grey/white and plain white...

 

[Eroc1_1]

Looks like a silver from other pics I have seen....but I could be wrong - that has happened before once or twice.

 

[StevenW.]

Maybe Silver or Lilac.

 

[littlenell1]

Is it an unusual colour- good or bad outcome? I don't recall seeing any on adverts etc over here. Not that it matters really, more for me to know. She is going to a neighbours pond with the rest of the first hatch, but I am very tempted to keep her...she has a lovely temperament too.

Here she is with siblings and abacot ranger ducks

 

[Eroc1_1]

Good outcome I would say. I just got 2 silver runner ducklings today...I believe that the lilac and silver are a rarer coloration.

 

[DuckLover2399]

hmmm i may have silver insted of fawns

 

[littlenell1]

These are the parents. I did not use any method for first hatch and got some tiny ducklings.

First hatch from which this one is from.

Second hatch I only incubated the heaviest eggs, and got mainly black/white ducklings.

Once the beige/white or fawns are a little older, hopefully they will lay some bigger eggs!

 

[gofasterstripe]

Up untill yesterday I had 8 this colour, some with more silver and some with wore white with a litrle silver, all splashed up different. I sold 4 drakes at the sale last night and kept a drake and 3 hens. I kept the darkest of the drakes, hes a beautiful smokey grey almost purple colour and the girls are silver spalshed.

 

[littlenell1]

Gosh that is a lovely picture, they look fab together. Am so tempted to keep her or maybe try and work out which combination of duck/drake produced her...and try again!

 

[gofasterstripe]

Mine are from a blue drake, hes in with a silver, a lav, blue, choc and f&w. I think they are from my silver and lav hens.