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Yes, he was the first to hatch so had a head start
Plus boys can grow faster.
Evelle - I put up another one of #2. She does look to have a bit of a 'bib extension' down the chest
Will be watching her closely - as far as the other markings go she is the best and I have my eye on her as a keeper. Ps. for a duck coop - that is not messy!!!!!!!
Here are the pair pictured on the last page as babies so you can see the white behind the eyes. Mine seem to just have lighter eyelids but had a lot of white around the eyes as babies! LOL and this shows his double bib kind of!! Again hatchery stock!
ETA: the blue was about twice the size of the other 10 day old ducklings I had but seems to be pretty petite when grown!
Pretty happy with bibs and wing tips at this stage although a couple have a small white mark behind the eye - not too keen on that but will see how it develops. Based on vent sexing I'm pretty sure I have two boys (No's 3 and 4) and two girls (No.s 1 and 2).
Here they are with the three that hatched two weeks before them. The blue ones are about 2 weeks old here and the black ones and yellow one are about 4 weeks old. They are living together very happily. The yellow one will turn out white and will just be sold as a 'white pet duck'. Her mother is a blue Swedish so I now know the mother is carrying recessive white.
Crazycatnchickenlady, Thankyou very much for putting up the baby photos. That's very encouraging - to see that the white behind the eyes may disappear.
Evelle - I put up another one of #2. She does look to have a bit of a 'bib extension' down the chest
Will be watching her closely - as far as the other markings go she is the best and I have my eye on her as a keeper. Ps. for a duck coop - that is not messy!!!!!!!
Lovely blue girl there!
BOY!!!! im so envyious!! but im learning that i need a silver hen and a black drake to get blue baby
right??? im so confused so if i get a blue drake the offspring wont be blue??
thank you i try to keep it clean but well you know THEY ARE MESSY!! i sure wont take pictures today
she is the top hen of my four ducks
do you know what TBS are of blue swedish are?? i dont at all and i was wondering how mine would do.