Looks like I got a whoops!

[Ducks-R-Us]

This duckling just hatched out of one of my Pekin eggs 4 days late, Looks like Mr Muscovy snuck over to the Pekin pen. Actually, I caught him in there chasing around one of my hens. I didn't realize that he had caught her. I have hatched out a dozen pekins recently and this is the only mix.

Here are some of her brooder mates, I had 3 calls, 6 magpie, 2 cayuga, 3 "mayuga's" (MagpieXCayuga), and 3 pekins hatch out this week with her.

 

[Kansaseq]

Dumb question; how can you tell? Body shape?

 

[cw]

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i was gonna ask the same thing

 

[Ducks-R-Us]

Mainly the bill, she has a muscovy bill, and of course the color. A pure pekin would not have any black in its feathers. The Muscovy drake that bred the hen is white with just a little black on his head like this duckling.

Here is a picture of a pekin and the pekinXmuscovy ducklings. The mixed duckling is not all the way fluffed out yet. The pekin is also 4 days older. But notice how pink the bill is on the mixed duckling compared to the pekin duckling.

 

[Kansaseq]

Cool; thanks for the info. She's really cute, at any rate

 

[SunnyChic]

They're precious!

You take beautiful pics!

 

[Goat_Walker]

Arent Pekin x Scovies one of the top meat birds??

Cute anyway

and that bill just yells scovie. Stinky old scovie boy .

 

[tia]

They are all very cute... makes me want some ducklings.... spring... hurry up and get here..... : )

 

[Tweeza]

I notice you have the shelf liner in your brooder. How do you clean them? I had some in my brooder and couldn't get it clean.

I sure would like a bator!

 

[Ducks-R-Us]

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I just wash them out daily with dish soap I have by my wash sink. Also about every three days I will use bleach. With both, I do rinse heavily with cold water just to make sure all the soap or bleach is gone before it goes back in with the ducklings. As they get older, I change it twice a day.