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Call Duckling Colours
So our Bug ended up being blue. He's a runner call cross! Oops! And Lady, another duckling we hatched, I have no idea what colour she is but I'm leaning towards Apricot Silver. But if anyone has any clue please let me know! I'm very curious and also wondering which of my calls must have mated... -
Looking for photos of Call Ducks and Ducklings!
I wanted to add that I'm especially looking for dusky and self coloured ducklings and ducks! Those seem to be very hard to find online. -
Looking for photos of Call Ducks and Ducklings!
I've gone through and read a lot of that thread! I'll be collecting as much as I can all over the internet. Having the age and other information will just make it a lot smoother for me to organize. :highfive: -
Looking for photos of Call Ducks and Ducklings!
Hello, As the title says, I'm looking for all kinds of pictures of call ducks, and if you have them, ducklings. I've noticed that it can be hard to find good pictures of different colours and especially of their colours when they are ducklings. I'm starting a project to create a complete... -
Weak duckling help
It's been a little over a day and so far so good! She's eating and drinking and pooping normally from what I can see. She is SO small though... I've never seen one so tiny in my life. Look at the size difference on both of them just a few hours after hatching! And next to her sister (four... -
Weak duckling help
I'm so sorry about your losses :( Its hard because there really isn't much you can do about hawks if you want your ducks to be able to roam as they please... We kept ours in a pen during the day for about a week after but I felt really bad because they were missing swimming in the river. So I... -
Weak duckling help
Will polysporin complete be okay? Thats what I have on hand right now. We picked up some vitamins to put in her water later... Thank you all so much for your advice. I'll update the thread with her status. So far she's just in the incubator and already doing way better after seeming half dead... -
Weak duckling help
Just had a batch of eggs that my friend has been hatching and we had this little girl stuck who needed help out today (call). I wasn't sure if her navel was normal, she seems very weak, can any experts let me know if there is anything I need to do to make sure she's okay? Vitamins/antibiotics... -
Call Duckling Colours
Thanks for explaining it so simply. I'll keep everyone updated on how she turns out! Out of curiosity, I'm wondering if you know how a call duck can be "self chocolate/blue/black" etc when the Black allele causes bibbing? Or what gene causes "magpie" or other colours like "splash" or... -
Call Duckling Colours
If she is chocolate, is there a way she could have got the gene from her mother (who could have been the lavender splash duck)? I still don't exactly understand how sex linked genes works. Another photo because why not! -
Call Duckling Colours
And to give more detail, my guess of her blue bibbed father's genetic info based off the information that his mother was white and his father being either grey or blue fawn: M+M+ Li+Li+ e+E Blbl+ C+c B+B+ r+r+ D+D+ Bu+Bu Hard to say about the mother's since she's white and this is our first... -
Call Duckling Colours
Now for another duckling colour question! I had one little duck hatch out out of my eggs so far. Her father was a blue bibbed call and mother was either a pure white SQ call or lavender splash - don't know exactly who's eggs we collected. She looks to be blue bibbed but she's much different... -
Call Duckling Colours
I said I'd update you on how they turned out, and here I am! Since I lost Angel, my black bibbed, I can only show you my two blue bibbed but they turned out quite cute in my opinion. I'm expecting more ducklings that one of these ducks fathered so I'll be posting pictures of them really soon! -
How long do ducklings follow their mom for?
Hi everyone, I have two Call ducklings born 7 weeks ago. They are almost fully feathered and are beginning to quack. I’ve really enjoyed having them, I hatched them so they imprinted on me and because of that, we’ve got to do cool things like swimming together and going for picnics. I’ve been... -
Help dealing with death of a duckling
I feel so touched by all of your kind words and your stories. You've made me feel less alone in this grief. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to share your experiences with me; I read them with my mom and we cried together over your lost babies and mine. :hugs I want to... -
Help dealing with death of a duckling
Thank you, I hope so. Life feels so unbearable right now. -
Help dealing with death of a duckling
Hello, I have 3 ducklings that I hatched just under two weeks ago. I did my best with them, giving them good food, clean fresh bedding twice a day, they'd nap on me and I'd take them out on warm sunny days. They would play and swim and try and catch bugs or dandelions...And I was momma to them... -
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Call Duckling Colours
Thank you all for such prompt replies! I really appreciate the input. I googled more and it looks like blue bibbed/black bibbed probably is the case. I was hoping for a mallard type of pattern after hearing the possible parent types but I guess you never know with eggs! I'll love them to death... -
Call Duckling Colours
Hello! I recently hatched out some Calls this past weekend. I had bought the eggs from a farmer and when I asked what colours the parents might be, he said he had whites, greys, blues (didn't indicate blue fawn or blue bibbed), snowy & pastel. I have 3 ducklings that have hatched and I'm...