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    Welcome One and All Chicken Lovers! My chickens are in their heated barn and laying like mad! Crazy breed combinations possible. I have dark colored egg layers. I mixed aracauna (green gene) with brown, white, and pink layers. Their offspring are producing dark pink, dark green, orangey...
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    Lilac call duck project progressing, slowly but surely

    Yes thank u all who replied. My project is new to me. The speckled hens are all new stock as are the lavendar drakes. I think this is all facinating. I just love new knowledge. I don't have many resources available. So I have to use what I can get. Thanks again everyone. Does anyone have pics...
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    Lilac call duck project progressing, slowly but surely

    The splash girls I do believe are BLUE and BLACK, I'd like a lilac splash drake. These girls will be going in with the lilac boys next year, along with the lilac hens LEMONS: I don't know what they are called, I am calling them splash, since noone has seen or shown me ones similar. I'm using...
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    Lilac call duck project progressing, slowly but surely

    Original lilac hen was blue fawn hen and chocolate drake offspring. Here's my original thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=451013 Silver was described to me as Blue in duck colors. I am not saying I am right or wrong I have been using Dutch genetics calculator for...
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    Lilac call duck project progressing, slowly but surely

    If you were following my project before, I decided to open a new thread the other got clouded with... other stuff... My lilac hen and my 'lilac' drakes (was unsure about color) from them I did get a few lilac hens, which will be great for next springs breeding program. Pics are a bit light...
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    Albino call duck hatched.... weird

    Quote: Yeah if the movie holds true I'll keep him away and hidden in lightning storms... is it bad that I know that movie too! LOL There are albino frogs, and snakes so i may be surprised and will keep HER housing needs in order. Now that genetically will baffle me like the lilac calls I am...
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    Color genetics question for muscovies

    Anything pied, as I understand, stays pied. Pied and anything else give you the pied gene. Same as bibbed. One of those passed down traits. Black and blue usually always produce 50/50 split of black and blue self pied babies. With blue and black, male and female of each color...
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    Post your Duck names!

    Had lone call duck and chick hatch out. Chicken Joe and Quakers. Chicken Joe is the call duck. No more male names, he's fully feathered and quacking like a drake
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    Albino call duck hatched.... weird

    Yes it does have red eyes, kinda freaks me out.
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