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post #11 of 19
1/17/12 at 4:20pm
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Perhaps, but not necessarily.  In any population periodically non standard birds/animals spontaneously appear.  Happened recently in a penguin colony where a beige and white bird appeared.  Anyone taking such a mutation and carefully breeding/selecting might be able to perpetuate the new color.
 

 


I have never heard or seen a beige and white penguin. that would be interesting. 
 

 

Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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post #12 of 19
1/17/12 at 4:23pm

It was really neat - there was a video showing it on the computer - yesterday I think.

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post #13 of 19
1/18/12 at 6:35am
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It was really neat - there was a video showing it on the computer - yesterday I think.



 Do you still have the link? 

Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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post #14 of 19
1/18/12 at 6:37am
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 Do you still have the link? 



Hi Miss Lydia.  I saw this earlier and searched for it.  Here is the link http://todaytravel.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/10/10099890-rare-white-penguin-spotted-in-antarctica

Very cute.

 

DOGS: 4 Shih Tzu, 1 Papillon, 1 Great Pyrenees

CHICKENS: 1 BO, 2 EE, 2 WLH, 10 blue and splash JG, plus various aged JG, BO, JG/BO and JG/EE chicks, and 8 meaties.   

DUCKS: 20 Muscovy ducks: 5 adults, 7 juveniles and 8 ducklings.  6 Pekin ducklings

 

Some threads started with basic info.

Picking a duck breed, where to buy, what genders to get

Raising and caring for ducklings

 

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DOGS: 4 Shih Tzu, 1 Papillon, 1 Great Pyrenees

CHICKENS: 1 BO, 2 EE, 2 WLH, 10 blue and splash JG, plus various aged JG, BO, JG/BO and JG/EE chicks, and 8 meaties.   

DUCKS: 20 Muscovy ducks: 5 adults, 7 juveniles and 8 ducklings.  6 Pekin ducklings

 

Some threads started with basic info.

Picking a duck breed, where to buy, what genders to get

Raising and caring for ducklings

 

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post #15 of 19
1/18/12 at 6:40am
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Hi Miss Lydia.  I saw this earlier and searched for it.  Here is the link http://todaytravel.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/10/10099890-rare-white-penguin-spotted-in-antarctica

Very cute.

 


Thanks jw, what a cutie, so another explaination of how color get into breeds. 
 

 

Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYLTn4fKYQ~~

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Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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post #16 of 19
1/18/12 at 6:17pm
Thread Starter 
This is such great info! Thank you so much guys...I'm so sorry I haven't posted any pictures yet. I've had an unexpected family illness. Reading all of these posts makes me hopeful that They are Muscovy. I really wanted them to breed with my white ones so I could see the different colors. I will get pictures soon though.
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post #17 of 19
1/19/12 at 3:28pm

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This is such great info! Thank you so much guys...I'm so sorry I haven't posted any pictures yet. I've had an unexpected family illness. Reading all of these posts makes me hopeful that They are Muscovy. I really wanted them to breed with my white ones so I could see the different colors. I will get pictures soon though.


 

Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYLTn4fKYQ~~

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Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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post #18 of 19
1/20/12 at 5:07pm

I've raised muscovy for over 14 years and in all that time I have only had (2) mixes hatch.  They were cross with sweede.  I had both a hen and a drake.  They were presumably and most likely sterile, though I never took the time to verify that.

 

The most interesting part was seeing who they would hang out with - who they most identified with.  The drake was hatched in a muscovy clutch.  We had to take him in order to not risk the hen getting of the nest because he hatched much sooner than the rest of the clutch.  The other was in a sweede clutch.

 

They still had the characteristics of both breeds, mostly coloring, but they alwo both had the mohawk and the tail wag.

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post #19 of 19
1/21/12 at 7:31am

That penguin is so cute! I like it better than normal! love.gif 

I have 2 pekin ducks, Amy & Stella, a buff drake.named Humphrey,An EE named Poptart II, a BO named Honey, and an RIR named Cinna! I had a rooster but he got a new home, i miss you Ginger!!!!!!!Join UPC today! http://www.upc-online.org
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I have 2 pekin ducks, Amy & Stella, a buff drake.named Humphrey,An EE named Poptart II, a BO named Honey, and an RIR named Cinna! I had a rooster but he got a new home, i miss you Ginger!!!!!!!Join UPC today! http://www.upc-online.org
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