Please, show me your ducks

[Papaye]

Hello.

I am making this thread to beg you for pictures of your ducks, whoever you are, and whatever your ducks are...!

Indeed : even though we can find all kind of pictures on the Internet... I feel pictures of ducks are actually much too rare.
Fact is, when I am searching for some ducks - breeds or colours -, I don't always find what I am searching for, whatever language I am searching with...

For example, I have a Light Dusky RUNNER DUCK, but I could not find any information (picture) to actually know about Light Dusky colour until I found it : https://www.duskyfeatherswaterfowl.com/dusky-pattern
...Trust me : before finding this link, I did not even know how to call the colour of my duck, given I could not find any picture when I first tried to find similar coloured ducks on the Internet... (I even thought then I could get Brown ducklings with my Light Dusky duck, because I didn't know any better...!! In fact, last year, I believed my Light Dusky ducklings were brown...!!)

Even now, there are duck colours I would like to find, but just can't (or can't enough) : Splash, Brown, Blue Pied, Lilac, etc...
(I am particularly hungry for pictures of solid coloured ducks with white feathers on the wings...!!)

(I will admit I can't even tell the difference(s) between Silver and Lavender : until recently, I actually thought they were the same colour, but labelled differently depending on the country...!
WHY does the Internet not have MORE pictures...?!!)

I am especially interested in Splash colours, because the only picture of a Splash Duck I finally could find shows a Splash DUTCH HOOKBILL drake, but to me, he does not look like what I imagined a Splash duck to be...?

Thus, if some of you have pictures... please enlighten me and show them; and think to precise what breed, colour (standard or not), and gender they are.
(Hybrids are welcome, even MORE than welcome... but if you can, do tell what the parents are, please!)

Also : I fell in love with aged (whitening) solid coloured ducks... so, if you have pictures of them - before (younger) and after (older) -, I would really, REALLY like to see them.

(...Do show how much you are proud of your ducks.)
Thank you!

 

[LydiaB]

I think this is a Cayuga hen (too much white for an adult though?) and a blue Swedish/welsh harlequin drake. However both were from a barnyard mix hatch someone else did.

 

[LydiaB]

These are my white layer hybrids, a Cayuga, a black runner, and a blue Swedish drake.

 

[ILoveMyDucks123]

Hello.

I am making this thread to beg you for pictures of your ducks, whoever you are, and whatever your ducks are...!

Indeed : even though we can find all kind of pictures on the Internet... I feel pictures of ducks are actually much too rare.
Fact is, when I am searching for some ducks - breeds or colours -, I don't always find what I am searching for, whatever language I am searching with...

For example, I have a Light Dusky RUNNER DUCK, but I could not find any information (picture) to actually know about Light Dusky colour until I found it : https://www.duskyfeatherswaterfowl.com/dusky-pattern
...Trust me : before finding this link, I did not even know how to call the colour of my duck, given I could not find any picture when I first tried to find similar coloured ducks on the Internet... (I even thought then I could get Brown ducklings with my Light Dusky duck, because I didn't know any better...!! In fact, last year, I believed my Light Dusky ducklings were brown...!!)

Even now, there are duck colours I would like to find, but just can't (or can't enough) : Splash, Brown, Blue Pied, Lilac, etc...
(I am particularly hungry for pictures of solid coloured ducks with white feathers on the wings...!!)

(I will admit I can't even tell the difference(s) between Silver and Lavender : until recently, I actually thought they were the same colour, but labelled differently depending on the country...!
WHY does the Internet not have MORE pictures...?!!)

I am especially interested in Splash colours, because the only picture of a Splash Duck I finally could find shows a Splash DUTCH HOOKBILL drake, but to me, he does not look like what I imagined a Splash duck to be...?

Thus, if some of you have pictures... please enlighten me and show them; and think to precise what breed, colour (standard or not), and gender they are.
(Hybrids are welcome, even MORE than welcome... but if you can, do tell what the parents are, please!)

Also : I fell in love with aged (whitening) solid coloured ducks... so, if you have pictures of them - before (younger) and after (older) -, I would really, REALLY like to see them.

(...Do show how much you are proud of your ducks.)
Thank you!

Funny that you mention Dusky Feather Waterfowl, I am hatching eggs from them just now. I ordered 2 whites and 3 of their "Apricot Trout Project" eggs (All 5 developped well and are wiggling jist fine at day 27, so I would recommend them for aure if ever you would like to order from them). I cannot wait to see what color I'll end up with!

For now I have 3 4-week old ducklings: 2 Welsh Harlequin and 1 Cayuga. Here's a picture

 

[bsshog40]

These are our Rouens.

 

[Papaye]

I think this is a Cayuga hen (too much white for an adult though?) and a blue Swedish/welsh harlequin drake. However both were from a barnyard mix hatch someone else did.

They are beautiful...!

First time I see a bibbed Cayuga... Maybe she is mixed?
(But there again, there are blue Cayuga, so... why not a bibbed one?)
I know they go white as they age, but I remember the white spots are then supposed to first appear on the face and on the back...(?)

These are my white layer hybrids, a Cayuga, a black runner, and a blue Swedish drake.

Thank you so much for the pictures...!!
Your ducks don't look miserable... ah, ah!

(That's so nice to look at a picture with different breeds together : thus, I can see the differences in size!!)

Funny that you mention Dusky Feather Waterfowl, I am hatching eggs from them just now. I ordered 2 whites and 3 of their "Apricot Trout Project" eggs (All 5 developped well and are wiggling jist fine at day 27, so I would recommend them for aure if ever you would like to order from them).

I can not order from them : I live in France.
But I have learned a lot by reading them...!!

...They have an amazing, beautiful black duck with white on the wings : https://www.duskyfeatherswaterfowl.com/pencilled-bibbed-black.
And I have myself succeeded to make some bibbed black ducklings with white wings...! I have big hope for them.

Apricot Trout Runners also look amazing.
I recently found ONE person who owns some, so I asked her if she can sell me at least one female... and she is going to answer me soon...

For now I have 3 month old ducklings: 2 Welsh Harliquin and 1 Cayuga. Here's a picture

Thank you!
They are so cute...!!

I love how the colours contrast so well on the Welsh Harlequin ducklings...
They are a good breed.

These are our Rouens.

Thank you for the picture!!

 

[LydiaB]

They are beautiful...!

First time I see a bibbed Cayuga... Maybe she is mixed?
(But there again, there are blue Cayuga, so... why not a bibbed one?)
I know they go white as they age, but I remember the white spots are then supposed to first appear on the face and on the back...(?)



Thank you so much for the pictures...!!
Your ducks don't look miserable... ah, ah!

(That's so nice to look at a picture with different breeds together : thus, I can see the differences in size!!)



I can not order from them : I live in France.
But I have learned a lot by reading them...!!

...They have an amazing, beautiful black duck with white on the wings : https://www.duskyfeatherswaterfowl.com/pencilled-bibbed-black.
And I have myself succeeded to make some bibbed black ducklings with white wings...! I have big hope for them.

Apricot Trout Runners also look amazing.
I recently found ONE person who owns some, so I asked her if she can sell me at least one female... and she is going to answer me soon...



Thank you!
They are so cute...!!

I love how the colours contrast so well on the Welsh Harlequin ducklings...
They are a good breed.



Thank you for the picture!!

I re read the text thread with the breeder. She thought they were Ancona Cayuga mix. So there you go. Not pure Ancona and maybe the lighter blue one is also half Ancona?

 

[KathiQuacks]

Yes! My time has come
I have 13 ducks of varying appearances. I’ll list them in order from lightest to darkest.

First up is my eldest drake. He’s a Crested Pekin | Color White, of course.

Then I have 6 Buff Orpington-presenting ducks | Colors Light / Blonde & Buff. Here’s 2 of my hens

And a drake

Next up, I have 4 Khaki / Rouen-presenting breeds | Colors Khaki, Chocolate, and Blue (on their wings). Here’s a hen. She has white flight feathers, similar to what you asked for.

And a drake

Then I have a hen who was Khaki Campbell-presenting, but molted into Chocolate plumage | Colors Khaki & Chocolate.

And last but not least, I have my Blue Swedish-presenting hen! | Color Blue Bibbed w/ hints of brown all over. And yes, white wing tips!

Now the most interesting part - My Chocolate hen and Swedish hen are half sisters.
And the Buff Orpington / Khaki / Rouen presenting ducks are all FULL siblings! Yes! Their parents are my Pekin drake and my Chocolate hen (she’s a mix of Buff, Chocolate, and Blue).

 

[Jenbirdee]

Funny that you mention Dusky Feather Waterfowl, I am hatching eggs from them just now. I ordered 2 whites and 3 of their "Apricot Trout Project" eggs (All 5 developped well and are wiggling jist fine at day 27, so I would recommend them for aure if ever you would like to order from them). I cannot wait to see what color I'll end up with!

For now I have 3 4-week old ducklings: 2 Welsh Harlequin and 1 Cayuga. Here's a picture

you just killed mme with that cuteness

 

[Jenbirdee]

sooo beautiful!