Posts by ian4379

i was feeding some 5 week old ducklings this morning, my dog came up beside me and to my suprise on of the drakelings started hissing at the dog. i was very suprised to hear it that young. 

Hi doug,   first up i'm from australia, i'm pretty sure the bronze gene is sepia. its just a different name. i've discussed the results of blue and bronze(fume) and silver and bronze(tortora) with a breeder in sweden who has...

i just came across you post in another thread, the ducks are on this post http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/526793/muscovy-duck-colors  that you found are what i was trying to describe. thats as close as you'll get and its...

blue fawn is blue and chocolate together, it  really is its own colour, you wont get two different colours on the bird.. there is no lacing gene in muscovy. i cant help you with the rippling gene, we dont have it in australia so...

try this, its a muscovy duck calculator.(below)  never seen or heard of calico. the closest to what your describing is pied. you dont get multi-coloured muscovy, the best you could hope for is sometimes a recessive colour will...

ducks can eat the same food as chickens, however as ducklings they need more niacin in their feed than chicks.   they'll go broody 2 to 3 times a year, usually starting when the weather warms up. i'll get winter hatches here...

Quote: Originally Posted by Oregon Blues  I've raised Pekin and they have amazing feed conversion.  Ready to butcher at 8 weeks.  You have to watch their feed closely because they put on fat much too...

cool, interesting looking duck, i agree it does look to have muscovy in it, especially the head, it looks female. 

there's a muscovy duck calcilator - the link is massive and i dont know how to shorten...

i think its a male. just putting it out there.  i also think its hard to tell at 4 weeks especially without any others to compare it to.    give us another photo in 3 or 4 weeks