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Quote: She had just had a good scrath around in some wet mash just before I took the pic so that could be what is on her leg ... either that or the grass behind her is playing tricks with your eyes yes, I did give her the once over before I put her in the pen ( my son caught her to put...

I would say that she was dumped here That is what happens when you live rurally ..... people seem to think we make a good dumping ground for unwanted animals Luckily she has settled in nicely and there really hasnt been any scraps for the pecking order between her and my other chooks...

I had a feeling she was a mix ..... but I still think she looks rather pretty considering Heres a couple more

and I have no clue on what breed she may be. I cant get too close to her at this stage as she is still quite scatty, so this is the best pic I could take for the moment. Any ideas from you wonderful people on what she could be?

Do you think they could look like the Mamma duck on the right hand side of my pic just up there ^^ with the Ram in it? I just noticed she is quite dark on the chest

So you think I should wait for a couple more moults to see how they could eventually look? ooohh this is so exciting

I noticed this morning that my 2 female ducks have started to get black feathers on their chest! I thought they were going to be blue on the chest with this latest moult, not black Is this common with the blue ducks? Heres a pic I took of my 2 ducks with one od the drakes. The drake...

Our Ram decided he needed to come over and check out what was going on ...... and figure out what these fluffy little peepers were all about LOL

You have such beautiful ducks there Wolf Queen

Muscovies are the ducks to get if you want quietness. I love my scovies for this reason as our geese are so flippin noisy even at 3am!!!

Having a look through this thread may help you somewhat - that is if you havent already looked in there https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=130753

Very Beautiful ducks!!!

Aaawww, I wanna reach over & give them a big cuddle Ilove snuggling up to little fluffy ducklings

A real Family shot - Mum, Dad & the kid Right - They are so embarrasing me, Im OUTTA here LOL

*waves to Angie* Countedsorrow - Angie is who I first turned to when I started with ducks She should be able to help you with anything you may need to know, and even lives somewhere near you which is a bonus too