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Hey gang! I have a hard time differentiating between blue/lilac/lavender for some reason. Can someone lend a hand and let me know what you'd call the coloring for the lightest duckling in the photo? Dad is a Blue Ancona/Swedish mix that has some chocolate feathers. Mom is either a purebred...

Hi friends! I had a Swedish/Ancona duckling start to hatch a few days early. It's the moms first time and she smooshed the shell overnight. Today the baby isn't super active and I don't think the belly has closed properly. I'm syringing egg yolk and sugar water which is helping but I'm not...

Hey friends! I think I had a cold spot in the incubator as 2 eggs in one area did not hatch. One was super tiny and dead inside when I opened it (as it was smelly). For the other egg I put a safety hole in the air cell and saw some movement. After leaving them for a couple days, I checked it...

My first ever duckling has arrived! Very talkative little Ancona baby has finally launched itself and is looking for their siblings. Hoping to have others joining them when I wake up 🤞

We have our first pip! Woke up to this little bump on our "oldest" Ancona egg. It's not all the way through yet and I'm keeping the incubator locked down (so hard!). The air cells are small (I assume too humid, need a new gauge), but I am trying to be patient and not intervene. Hoping to...

Hey all! I recently got an Ancona drake to add to my flock of ladies. He was advertised as lavender, but I'm wondering if he's more of a blue? I have a hard time differentiating sometimes though. He has a very dark charcoal head, and then a steely grey body with chocolate feathers mixed in...

Hello friends! I have a trio of 5 week old Welsh Harlequins. I missed the window for seeing them at hatch to sex them early, so now I'm playing the daily "What might you be?" game. No one is quacking yet, still peeping and beeping for now. Judging by the head feathers coming in dark, I'm...

Hey friends! I am a fairly new chicken and duck owner living on Vancouver Island. I gor my first 4 Hyline Brown hens as POL last May and they have been so fantastic. We added 2 Polish x Sapphire mixes a few months after (who have been loveable weirdos) and then inherited a pair of Leghorn x...