Duck Breed Identification

[AvaGates]

Hello! I was hoping for a bit of help with identifying the breed of my ducklings.

After lots of googling and comparing cute duckling photos to my five babies, I'm a bit stumped about which breed I have here.
I did some research about the rescue where we got the eggs and these are the breeds they say they have in their coop (I've crossed off a few that I'm pretty sure are non-matches):

• Buff
• Fawn Runner
• Rouen
• Blue Swedish
• Cayuga
• Mallard
• Black Runner
• Buff Crested
• Pekin

Introducing, Bill, Waddles, Mort, Puddles, and Butter:

The dark one (Mort) looks a lot like a Black Swedish to me - but the rescue didn't list that breed. The other four all have black feet except one (Puddles) and little hats of varying darkness. What do you think? My leading guesses right now are Rouen, Blue Swedish, Appleyard, or some mix of those.

 

[Jenbirdee]

oh. my. goodness! they are sooooooo cute! i think you’re right, i do not see any runners in there.

 

[AvaGates]

oh. my. goodness! they are sooooooo cute! i think you’re right, i do not see any runners in there.

I'm a little sad that my random batch didn't have a Pekin but these babies are perfect in every way. Especially runty lil Butterball.

You think I'm right that they're a mix of those three or that Mort is a Black Swedish?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are you sure you don't have Golden 300?
https://www.metzerfarms.com/golden-300-hybrid-layer-ducks.html

 

[AvaGates]

Are you sure you don't have Golden 300?
https://www.metzerfarms.com/golden-300-hybrid-layer-ducks.html

They do kind of look like that! Since Golden 300 is a hybrid they could just be some cross between Rouen/Campbell/Runner and displaying G300 traits. I guess we'll just have to see how much they lay!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Keep the pictures coming.