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    Khaki duck sexing

    I went back and checked all my old Khaki duckling pictures. I found no connection between bean color and gender. I had female ducklings with both light beans and dark. I only had two drakes one had a light bean, the other kind of half and half. I did find the ducklings with the prettiest...
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    Looking for any info on pool filters

    I have aquaponics with fish. For that I have found reasonably priced pumps for small ponds at Lowe’s. They just don’t last super long though (@ 1 yr). I have one sump pump from Ace Hardware that has lasted me for years. It cost more (about a hundred dollars). It hooks to a standard garden...
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    Looking for any info on pool filters

    I believe most filters would quickly be clogged. So, you would need to first pump to a settling container. Here most of the gunk settles out and the cleaner top water is filtered and pumped back into the pool.
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    Tell me how to hatch these eggs

    Too much humidity is way worse than not enough. If it is humid where you are, don’t add any water until the end. Shipped eggs are harder to hatch so don’t count your ducks before they hatch. It takes 28 days and ducks are slow hatchers. They usually pip one day and hatch the next. When you...
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    When Should I Start Seeing Eggs!

    My egg laying breeds like Khaki Campbells usually all started laying at 4-5 months old. But, my other kinds started at 5-9 months. For example, I hatched 2 Dutch Hookbill girls last year. One started laying in the fall at 5 months old. The other, took the winter off first, and did not start...
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    4 week old duckling start of angel wings?

    Those new wing feathers are heavy and weaker birds let them sag. This can turn into angel wing but you will see those end feathers start to turn. At the moment just keep an eye on it. The more exercise she gets the stronger she will be. Do they get any supervised swim time?
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    What am I?

    That makes sense then. In the other picture the old down looked yellow. Your duck looks like a Khaki Campbell or Golden 300 mix.
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    What am I?

    What did he look like when he was little? Was he yellow?
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    Crested gene question?

    If you breed her to the Runner the babies will be sex-linked. The girls will have the buff gene and be similar but lighter to my lavender but with spotting like an Ancona due to the runner pattern. The boys will look similar with the same spotting but blue (no buff will show). Here are some...
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    Crested gene question?

    Oh my, they do! Mine is a silver so crossing her to a khaki gave me blue boys and Lavender girls. What color is your drake?
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    Splayed duck leg

    I was taught by a vet just to use masking tape. Cut one piece about three inches long, cut it down the center long way if it is too wide. Have someone hold the chick with its legs in the correct position. Put the tape behind behind his legs, sticking it to him. Fold the tape forward around...
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    New members to flock

    I hate to tell you, but it most likely won’t stop or work. Two males with three females will always be a fight. I tried it when I started out too. Eventually they worked it out between them but went after the girls instead. I ended up with two injured females, one with hip issues and one...
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    Crested gene question?

    The gene is dominant but shows great variability. So, your ducks parents were heterozygous (one normal, one crested) but with crests too small to see. Your duck is most likely also heterozygous since it is the homozygous (2 crested alleles) that can result in death in the shell. If so, if you...
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    For those who incubate duck eggs, and weigh them for weekly humidity loss checks, how strict is that 2.8% weekly guideline?

    I had outliers hatch just fine. But, I incubate dry until lockdown. Too much humidity is way worse than not enough and I live in the humid south.
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    Will two hen ducks mate with each other?

    Girl ducks often practice mate with each other. I have two drakes and they still do it.
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    Magpie duck eggs day 30

    Candle! And no, the flashlight did not hurt them. But, too high of humidity can cause issues which prevent hatching. Candling will let you know if they are alive or not.
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    What color am I? (Duckling)

    Still possible, those colors are hard to tell apart but with the feet color I think girl. Keep us updated please.
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    What color am I? (Duckling)

    Oh, that makes perfect sense now! Yes, this is a sex-linked cross. So, only girls will show buff, but the boys do carry it. It sounds like you have a buff mallard female. Buff would make a girl lighter with brown feet and golden down. The wild-type or mallard would give the duckling that...
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    Rouen duckling breathing loudly

    You can post a video on YouTube and then link here if you are really concerned. But, your description sounds like he is fine.
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    What color am I? (Duckling)

    It is hard to tell with the lighting in the first pictures and not a full body shot in the second. I also do not understand who you think the parents are. Were the standard buff and the white crested the grandparents? The crested gene is dominant but shows variable expression. Which means a...
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