Please, show me your ducks

[Jenbirdee]

Ancona mix 2 month old hen named Calliope

 

[Jenbirdee]

my gorgeous Cayuga hen, Olive

 

[Jenbirdee]

silver appleyard hen, Blossom. she’s 1.5 years old.

 

[notallducksinmypond]

they are so beautiful

thanks, and thats not even all of them, i have 14 in total from 4 Different sources (5:1,3:1,0:1,1:1) and i will get up to 21 different colors/combinations from them next year, im soooooo excited

 

[Jenbirdee]

This is Poppy, a 1.5 year old fawn and white runner.
i will post more ducks a little while later .

 

[Luv Ducks]

Now thats it, i´ve gathered all my duck photos (completely runner ducks) now you have to watch ;D
First: Sisters (front) Tilia, color: lavender, maybe lilac (test mating will show next year) bibbed (Bl/bl, d/-);
(back) Rauch, Color: blue bibbed or pied(lots of white to be bibbed) beautiful light grey penciling on wing-underside (so i assume E/e) white wing tips (two feathers each)
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next: the mallard´ish girls
front: Waltraud, standard mallard (M+/M+, Li+/Li+)
middle: Anne, brown mallard (M+/M+, Li+/Li+, d/-) maybe carrying dusky (no iridescend wing speculum BUT clear eyestripes as duckling and now)
back: Josefine, trout with white wing tips (left one feather, right three)(M+/M+, li/li )
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more withe wing tips on the sisters drying after bathtime
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Salix, drake, Blau-gelb (mallard with double blue) (M+/M+, Li+/Li+, BL/Bl)
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Hosta, duck, blue dusky with white wing tips (3 feathers each) (md/md, Li+/Li+, Bl/bl)
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Walther, drake, mallard carrying dusky (no claret bib BUT white neck ring) with white wing tips (2 feathers each)
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Baaaad quality... but stunning pose
Sam, blue trout with white wing tips
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the snowy boy, not completely changed on this picture, now he has a claret bib and a black tail with a fine line on every feather, just gorgeus
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One of the two "just black and white girls" showing her beautiful penciling
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the wings and face of the other one, duckling was plain black and white up until first real moult
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Absolutely Beautiful Ducks and wonderful photos of them!!

 

[telandra2]

I'm really happy with this Ancona x Runner cross so thought I'd share.
Drakes: Ancona Black, chocolate recessive; his son; Mallard Runner.
Hens: Ancona, only recessive (no black). Runner: black, blue, mallard.

Overprotective Ancona Mom is giving the stink-eye. Edit: 2 Ancona drakes behind her.

 

[Luv Ducks]

I'm really happy with this Ancona x Runner cross so thought I'd share.
Drakes: Ancona Black, chocolate recessive; his son; Mallard Runner.
Hens: Ancona, only recessive (no black). Runner: black, blue, mallard.

Overprotective Ancona Mom is giving the stink-eye.
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Beautiful Ducks!!!!

 

[Papaye]

Hi.

Sorry for replying only now : I don't have the time I would want to have...!

Thank you to all of you for the pictures.

Here is a gift :

This pretty, pretty boy is a Bibbed Splash coloured 1-month-old Duclair duckling.
(Rare and beautiful colour... right?!)

When he was born, he was coloured as a Snowy duckling... so, I had first thought he was a Snowy coloured Haut-Volant (I don't know if this breed is aknowledged elsewhere than in France, and so, if it has an English name?)...

Nevertheless, he was much too quick to outgrow my confirmed Haut-Volant duckling; so I then thought the one who sold his egg to me had actually made a mistake when he collected the eggs...

But this duckling's juvenile feathers started to emerge, and they did not look like they would be eventually Snowy...!

...Thankfully, I have eventually remembered "Blue + Blue" can make "Silver (Splash)"; and I have then understood this duckling is, in fact, a Bibbed Splash/Silver coloured Duclair.
(Thus, I know he is a boy because of his current colouring!)

Here he was, at 4-days-old :

(I could NOT find pictures of Silver ducklings online to confirm my duckling was Splash coloured...!!)

Now thats it, i´ve gathered all my duck photos (completely runner ducks) now you have to watch ;D

Ah, ah, ah!!

Thank you!

First: Sisters (front) Tilia, color: lavender, maybe lilac (test mating will show next year) bibbed (Bl/bl, d/-);

I'm confused about the difference between Lilac and Lavender... but I have to say : even in France, there seems to be a confusion between Lavender and Splash...?
I don't know if we call different colours differently according to the country/language... or if it is because people don't know how some colours should be called?

Personally, I would not call this colours Lavender, but Lilac.
But what do I know?

In any case, it is a favorite of mine : I find this colour just splendid (even on the drakes)!!

(Do think to tell what colour it is, once you can!!)

(back) Rauch, Color: blue bibbed or pied(lots of white to be bibbed) beautiful light grey penciling on wing-underside (so i assume E/e) white wing tips (two feathers each)

I think she is Bibbed, but you also could call her "Pied"...?
Does she have a Pied parent OR grand-parent...? (She looks like she does.)

back: Josefine, trout with white wing tips (left one feather, right three)(M+/M+, li/li )

In my humble opinion, she has the Dusky gene in her...!

When I cross my Trout Runner drake with my Light Dusky Runner hen, I get some FAULTED Trout coloured ducks from them : they are Trout coloured, but have an additional white line on their blue speculum... like yours have.

As for the white wing tips : if I cross my Bibbed Black drake with a Ligh Dusky hen, then some of their babies are Bibbed Black coloured with white on the wings...

(I'm trying to understand the genetic responsible for the colours!! Ah, ah!)

more withe wing tips on the sisters drying after bathtime

Wow...!!!

Salix, drake, Blau-gelb (mallard with double blue) (M+/M+, Li+/Li+, BL/Bl)

He is seriously so beautiful!!

But he is not in his nuptial plumage, right...?
Would you mind posting a picture of him when he is?

Hosta, duck, blue dusky with white wing tips (3 feathers each) (md/md, Li+/Li+, Bl/bl)

I love the contrast between the blue feathers and the brown one...!

Walther, drake, mallard carrying dusky (no claret bib BUT white neck ring) with white wing tips (2 feathers each)

Is is maybe from a Dark Dusky parent? (I ask because of the lack of claret bib WITH the green head.)

Baaaad quality... but stunning pose
Sam, blue trout with white wing tips

Oh yeah... stunning alright!!

"Blue Trout" is also called "Saxony" - like the breed... right?

I have recently bought a Saxony coloured Indian Runner drake with his hen... and if I am lucky, I should have them home mid-October!
I just fell in love with this grey head and yellow bill (on the drake)...

The hens are also very much beautiful, with their light, yellowish and white feathers...!

(After looking with the calculator, I have found I can get some beautiful coloured babies with even one Saxony parent!)

the snowy boy, not completely changed on this picture, now he has a claret bib and a black tail with a fine line on every feather, just gorgeus

Snowy... if my understanding is right, Snowy is the same colour than Welsh Harlequin ducks, but without their blue speculum...?

One of the two "just black and white girls" showing her beautiful penciling

Great, GREAT picture!!

the wings and face of the other one, duckling was plain black and white up until first real moult

Yeaaaah... she has Dusky, right?
(Really beautiful!!)

most of my ducks here ( and a few chickens)

Cute, and beautiful colours, and... woooow : I love your chickens!
(And if you allow me to tell you : your yard is so green and looks beautiful... your birds have to love it, yeah?)

Your Fawn and White Runners are my favorite : their colouring is just so perfect... I have never see it in France, but I so want to...!!
(Our Pencilled, Pied, Fawn and White - whatever you want to call it - are what is apparently called "Emory Pencilled"... and God am I grateful to have been able to learn about its English name!!)

I have a small flock of Anconas, this is our 3 week old chocolate Ancona named Cricket!

You would not have told me he is Ancona I would have thought he was a Mallard coloured duckling!

Until not long ago, I did not even know about Chocolate coloured Ancona...
Are they rare?

When you can, do post pictures showing his growth, pretty please...?
(If you want to, of course...!!)

Ancona mix 2 month old hen named Calliope

Are you sure she is a hen?
Her head seem to be really green... and her bill also looks to be turning green?

In any case, she is really beautiful!!

my gorgeous Cayuga hen, Olive

Oooooh... I so would want her!
A fine Cayuga girl she is...!!

silver appleyard hen, Blossom. she’s 1.5 years old.

Very great girl, and very great picture.
It deserves to be shown on a calendar, seriously...!!

This is Poppy, a 1.5 year old fawn and white runner.
i will post more ducks a little while later .

Yeah, okay... and I have just written about me wanting pictures of your Fawn and White Runners...
Ah, ah!

She is so cute... but you also take so great pictures...!!
Congratulations. (I want to say it, because I really think you deserve it.)

I'm really happy with this Ancona x Runner cross so thought I'd share.
Drakes: Ancona Black, chocolate recessive; his son; Mallard Runner.
Hens: Ancona, only recessive (no black). Runner: black, blue, mallard.

You can be happy! I know I would!!

Overprotective Ancona Mom is giving the stink-eye. Edit: 2 Ancona drakes behind her.

Look at her... ah, ah!

(God... all of them are just so cute...!!
Thank you for sharing them with us!)

 

[KathiQuacks]

@Papaye I thought you’d like these.

This is my Swede-presenting girl. She molted recently and gained these new black splotches over her wings. I just think they are gorgeous, and I can’t wait to see what she molts into next

I also re-discovered another one of my ducks has white on his wing Yes, wing! Singular! I saw this feather when his wings were first growing in, but I never saw it again once grown, so I was very confused. I just found it again last night and took some photos this morning. As you can see, he has a sneaky white feather only present in his right wing.