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    ~ 3 Week Old Chick Breed ID

    A month later and I'm even more clueless. Black and white has what I believe is called a spangled pattern, but no spangled breeds look like (him?). Still clueless about the buff as well. I suppose they could just be mixed breeds.
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    ~ 3 Week Old Chick Breed ID

    No feathered legs. Columbian Wyandotte seems like a good guess.
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    ~ 3 Week Old Chick Breed ID

    My niece's class hatched some chicks and I am now the lucky recipient of two of them. I know its hard, but just curious if the breed jumps out at anyone. The black and white one has a pretty wide comb (rose?). They don't appear to be bantams.
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    Sand as substrate in duck coop

    I'm using root mulch for my duck run and that has been working better for me than pine shavings or straw. Your local garden center probably sells it in bulk by the yard, and the price just can't be beat compared to other options. It will take much longer for the mulch to break down than...
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    Can Muscovy Ripple Gene be Dominant?

    I have a a couple ripple hens (and a bunch of non-ripples) as well as a solid black drake that does not carry ripple. I've hatched about 80 ducklings from my flock so far this year and all but two of them were solid or solid bibbed. Those two are full blown ripples. Is it common for a...
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    Muscovy Ripple Gene Becoming Dominant?

    I have a a couple ripple hens (and a bunch of non-ripples) as well as a solid black drake that does not carry ripple. I've hatched about 80 ducklings from my flock so far this year and all but two of them were solid or solid bibbed. Those two are full blown ripples. Is it common for a...
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    16 week old muscovy

    Pointy tail, small feet, limited caruncles at 16 weeks, it's a girl.
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    muscovy color genetics?

    A chocolate DRAKE bred to a black female will yield chocolate females and black males that carry the chocolate gene. A black drake bred to a chocolate female will yield all black, and the boys will carry the chocolate gene. A black drake carrying chocolate bred to a chocolate hen will yield an...
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    New Muscovy.

    With those tiny feet, it is definitely a girl. After 4-5 weeks old, the males get huge feet and then start growing into them.
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    Comment by 'sotchicken' in article 'Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs'

    Good question Marly. Did you ever get an answer? How'd your hatch go?
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    Pied Rippled Muscovy?

    Thanks Miss Lydia. Here are some different views, oldhen. What do you think? Thanks
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    Pied Rippled Muscovy?

    I just picked up these Muscovy ducks from a farm and was wondering if the black is a pied ripple, just a ripple (not pied), or a blue ripple??? Hard to tell being color blind! Thanks, Brian
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    Frizzle Frazzle or Sizzle

    Her growth rate was/is extremely slow. In that last picture she is about 20 weeks old and you can still see that she is just getting pin feathers in her neck area. She was about 2 months old before she doubled in size. Her sister died fairly young I believe due to complications with mites, but...
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    Frizzle Frazzle or Sizzle

    I made a previous post asking what breed this chicken was and we came to a conclusion that it was a silkie mix. Now I am curious if she is a Frizzle or Frazzle (or Sizzle or Sazzle if thats a thing). Her hair is really curly. Here is an age progression of her.
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    Chick Breed ID

    Almost twelve weeks old. Still very small, but really starting to come around!
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