Yellow Pekin

[jessicamarshall2008]

Good morning! I am a new to duck raising but am loving every minute of it. I was given a Pekin duckling from a friend in September. She has grown into a beautiful YELLOW duck. My question is, shouldn't she be bright white? She is no longer a duckling. Am I doing something wrong? She eats fresh organic fruits and veggies 3 times a day, always has fresh water and unlimited duck pellets. She gets mealworms for treats. She is super happy and very vocal. If anyone has any ideas or advice for me, I'll take it. Here is a picture of Duck-Duck(I know, super original name)

Link: https://ibb.co/m9sFcC6

 

[sourland]

Umm, yes she should be white. Did she bathe in the yellow Easter egg dye ?

 

[jessicamarshall2008]

Umm, yes she should be white. Did she bathe in the yellow Easter egg dye ?

Lol, I know!! Nope, she's just pure yellow. And both of her parents are bright white. She's an anomaly

 

[sourland]

Sure you're not punking us ? I've seen yellowish Pekins with highly oiled freshly molted feathers, but nothing ever like that bird.

 

[JNC]

I recently saw a video of a person with a yellow duck just like yours! Do you feed her duck feed? I know ducks can turn yellow if the spend a lot of time in the sun. I wouldn’t be to worried as long as she is healthy.

 

[jessicamarshall2008]

Sure you're not punking us ? I've seen yellowish Pekins with highly oiled freshly molted feathers, but nothing ever like that bird.

I promise!! Its so hard to upload pictures with my phone. I have to make them into URLs to post. But I have tons of videos of her too.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

I promise!! Its so hard to upload pictures with my phone. I have to make them into URLs to post. But I have tons of videos of her too.

post a pic please

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

someone on tiktok also has a yellow duck who is fully grown

 

[jessicamarshall2008]

I recently saw a video of a person with a yellow duck just like yours! Do you feed her duck feed? I know ducks can turn yellow if the spend a lot of time in the sun. I wouldn’t be to worried as long as she is healthy.

She's an apartment duck, lol. We go outside once a day but not for very long. I feed her Purina duck pellets and fresh fruits and veggies. Thank you for telling me not to worry. I've been searching feverishly trying to see if I had done something wrong.

 

[JNC]

someone on tiktok also has a yellow duck who is fully grown

We might of seen the same video. I saw it too!