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    Call duckling - deformed bill

    Yay! Thank you for the update! He's a little cutie. :)
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    Gelatinous Eggs

    It could be the young hens are starting to lay. Pullets can lay some pretty strange eggs at first. I've had one that layed eggs without shells (like you picture) and even without the membrane. After a few weird eggs she layed normal hard-shelled eggs. Access to the eggshells on the compost...
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    Call duckling - deformed bill

    Any updates on Gharth?
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    Restricted Mallard Color - Genetics Question

    What color did they end up being? :)
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    Gelatinous Eggs

    How old are your hens? Do they have a free choice calcium source - oyster shells or crushed eggshells?
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    Mule Duck Questions

    I'm looking to add another duck hen to my layer flock, and found someone who has mule ducks for sale. I've read that hens do ley eggs, but are they good layers? The oldest she has for sale are 2 months old. Can they be voice sexed like Mallard derived breeds? She has hens and drakes of both...
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    Thanks everyone for the info! My original guess was correct. they are 2 silver and 1 gold. Sadly, our "Saxony" hen turned out to be a Pekin drake.... :barnie Super bummed because he's an extra big Pekin drake, way too big for the tiny Welsh hens.
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    From my calling around Wilcos, only the larger stores have sexed ducklings. We got the Welshies and Appleyard in Corvallis. The "Saxony" (a Pekin drake....:hmm) was from the Salem store. I've also gotten sexed ducklings from the Oregon City store.
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    My sister's favorites are also the Silver, but our gold hen is super pretty with bronze/green iridescent wing patches. :)
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    That would have been a helpful bit of info. They were around 3 1/2 weeks old.
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    Yes, they are Welsh. They are from a book series my siblings and I were obsessed with as children. The language of the main world in the book was pretty much Welsh. Cariad means sweetheart.
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    It's a Pacific Northwest chain called Wilco.
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    Silver and Gold Welsh Harlequins

    It's a pretty great feed store! :)
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    Rouen male?????

    I would agree that it looks like a drake. The bill color, green feathers growing in on his head, and start of a curly tail feather are all signs of a drake. this is a great page to compare male and female sounds side by side. http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm Hope it helps...
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    I found this today on my ducks tummy?

    It looks like an ingrown feather. I've had a few ducks get them over the years, no different than an ingrown hair. A new feather should grow in normally. :)
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