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Why would we cull golds? They ARE the original standard in England. The silvers came later and are considered incorrect in the country of origin. I love them both. :)

Keep the ducks in until about 9 am and they will likely lay in the coop. Most ducks lay before 9 am in the morning. Give them a couple of golf balls as "fake eggs" to teach them where you want them to lay.

Holderreads Waterfowl has a good price on excellent birds. I've never had WH from Metzger's, but can vouch for the ones from Holderreads. Just lovely and great personalities. If I didn't have to buy a bunch of them, I'd just get more there next spring. However, I don't want to have to butcher a...

My girls changed colors a little with their molts all their lives. Sometimes they'd have a bit more brown on the head or the chest, sometimes less. As they got older, I'd say they tended to have a bit more markings and less white. They were always pretty birds.

If I could locate an Ancona drake within a two hours drive, I'd be on it! Sometimes living in the middle of nowhere is a bummer!

Silver would help me weed by sticking her bill under my fingers to grab any good stuff that came loose (mostly worms). She would eat worms from my fingers and follow me around like a puppy dog. Sassy wasn't quite so tame and our drake, Freckles, is calm enough, but I don't have that special bond...

At the moment I have one infertile drake (he lost too much when he had a prolapsed penis), who is a great boy, he's seven. I used to have two ducks as well, but lost them over the years. My favorite, Silver, I lost last summer. Love the breed! Here's Silver and Sassy from several years ago:

I'm pretty sure that "Ethel" is a hen too, does she quack? By now, if you pick her up she should emphatically "quack" at you. A drake would have a bright green head and a curly tail feather and NOT quack. Love Welsh Harlequins!

That's odd, they look fairly typical in that picture, but way too brown as adults. Where did you get them?

One looks just like a Khaki Campbell, the other like a WH cross, or a Khaki Campbell cross. I hate to disappoint, but at this stage they don't have the right color for a Welsh Harlequin - they should be mostly white with some markings, not mostly or all brown. Here we have a trio of Khaki...

They are so cute! What are the more plain brown ducks, like the one in front on the bottom picture?