What color's do Swedish ducks come in? (new pics & ?)

[ChickGirl6]

I just got my order of swedish ducklings in, I got six, all ordered as blue swedes(that's all the hatchery offers)but knowing I could get black or silver ducklings too. The trouble is I got two blue(or silver), three black and a brown? Do swedes come in brown?
Here's all of them(the brown one is in the middle front)

and here's just the brown one.

 

[gofasterstripe]

Yes they come in brown too. Dipseydoodledoo hatched out 3 chocs lat year from hers and I think hes adults are black and white.

 

[70%cocoa]

They are not meant to come in brown. Some brown birds may hatch if the parents are not pure for the right genes. I have two brown ones out of Swedish parents (bought as ducklings). They are beautiful chocolate brown adult birds now but they are not Swedish. You might find that your brown ones have some brown speckling or mallard patterning on the wings, expecially on the underside (mine do).

I posted in your other thread too

 

[rollyard]

The title "Blue Swedish" is a bit of a misnomer for me, & confusing. "Swedish" may be a more appropriate title generally for the "breed", while Blue, Black, Silver, & Brown descriptive adjectives may be more suitable in titles for identifying the "variety" of the breed. After all, Swedish are a breed in their own right aren't they, with the different colour forms bred.

I think I have read in the past that Brown Swedish are an accepted "variety" of the "Swedish breed" in the states, but I may have read inaccurately? Some research via net (including this site), your American Standard/s (think you are in states), or a breed (Swedish) club may further assist.

 

[70%cocoa]

I agree, Rollyard - the breed should be called "Swedish" and/or the colour variations named separately e.g. "Blue Swedish, Black Swedish, Splash Swedish", as in "Silver Laced Wyandotte, or Gold Laced Wyandotte".

If Brown is a recognised variety in the US than that is great

- I only know about the Australian/UK standards in which any brown is not allowed and any brown on the feathers is a fault.

It is a real shame that only the Blue Swedish are a recognised colour in Australia.

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

Got a pair of black swedes from an older fella years ago who bred the same line all his life and showed etc, one year I had 1 chocolate duckling hatch which turned into a beautiful chocolate swede. No pattering on the feathers, just solid choco brown! Sadly sold her off thinking chocolate swedes are common.... NOT..... haven't found any since.

 

[rollyard]

70%cocoa :

It is a real shame that only the Blue Swedish are a recognised colour in Australia.

Yes, I agree

 

[ChickGirl6]

I've been looking and i can't find anything on brown swedes. If anyone can help that would be much apersheated.

 

[rollyard]

Hi ChickGirl6

Hmmm, I did try some searches for Chocolate Swedes & found little info; did find a couple of links with them being mentioned, but don't know how reliable info is??? Could be a case of some birds in some lines of Swedish Ducks carrying the brown-dilution gene resulting in the occasional chocolate bird being bred, but that doesn't necessarily mean they (Chocolate Swedish) are accepted by your standards (American Waterfowl Association?). Again, if no one here knows for sure then either contacting a Waterfowl Club or checking through a book of standards should help.

I apologise if my info misleading. I was sure there was another thread here somewhere???

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=59318&p=1
http://www.poultryyouth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8140
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/duckboysnyder/ChocSwede2.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/duckboysnyder/ChocSwede.jpg

 

[ChickGirl6]

Here are some pics of my chocolate swedish duck and I think it's a girl by her quack.(she's 9 weeks old) Does anyone know if I hatch her eggs if I would get any chocolate ducklings? I have a blue and a black drake. So what would blue X chocolate be? or black X chocolate be? Please help if you can.