These are my Pekin/Rouen mix duckies.
Blow pictured is my baby who didn't finish feathering out yet, with one of the 5 month old ones. She's about two months younger then the other two ducks in the photo.
Below are taken several months later, everyone is feathered out and starting to look like adults.
It turned out I hatched out three black and white mixed duckies, two girls and one drake luckily. On my drake he has the green head of the Rouen and looks stunning in the sunlight. One other one is a mix as well but she just has a cute little band around her neck as if she's wearing a choker. I'm going to keep the drake with his sisters and half sisters and see what interesting color combinations I get in the spring. (And yes this is okay to do, it's called line breeding, only this group will be bred together and there is an unrelated drake in their pen as well. Their parents are all unrelated as well so genetically there should be no issues.)
Thanks for the info. I hatched the same mix and they look just like yours. They are beautiful ducks. I hatched 6 eggs and 4 turned out to be drakes. I was hoping for more female.
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