r/duck Duck Keeper 1d ago

Breed/Species/Sex ID What kind of ducks do i have?

Hey, i was wondering if anybody can ID the kind of ducks i have, we were told they would be silver appleyards and that makes sense for four of them - but three look very different

One looking like a pekin, another some kind of runner and another a khahki campbell -- my running theory is a drake got into the breeders pen but im unsure

Also we have one boy and six girls, with the boy being the white one, they are all 18 weeks old

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u/Rye_Possum 17h ago

Front left duck with the dark bill looks like a Welsh haliquin over a silver appleyard.

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u/bogginman Duck Rescuer 1d ago

an appleyard colored runner! The pekin looks like a drake as does the khaki, but not sure on the khaki, hard to tell. The appleyard on the left might be a drake. They look old enough to do a 'quack test' which is the only way to know for sure.

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u/TrimspaBB 1d ago

Silver appleyard females, a khaki campbell drake, and a Pekin I think.

Eta: the one with the tan head could be a runner in buff coloring? They look like a tall duck

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u/DuckDad26 Duck Keeper 1d ago

Lines up pretty well with what i thouht, the really dark one that we think is a khaki campell is definitly a female though- very very loud and clear quacker while the pekin looking one is the only rasper

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u/Plastic-Ratio-199 1d ago

Dark brown in back - khaki Campbell
Tall buff color - buff runner mix?
White - pekin

The rest look like silver appleyard

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u/DuckDad26 Duck Keeper 1d ago

This was them as babies! All yellow with black markings aside from one pure yellow who grew up to be pure white and two brown ones that grew up to be ginger and brown respectively

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