➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[jwyles]

I memorize the facial markings to tell mine apart otherwise i can't tell them apart if my life depended on it

Painted toenails??? Bedazzled necklaces? Surely we can figure this out!

 

[Tesumph]

Awesome!!!



You should change it to "Supermodel"

How did that even start.. y’all listen to kiki too much.

How is this for a red Easter Egger?View attachment 1501951View attachment 1501956

Beautiful!
I’m really not sure about the gospel “red on the wings” thing. I’ve always taken it to mean more like, if you’ve got a white/tan EE who’s got striking bold patches of brick red on his wings and those neat random stripey feathers all over, that’s very much a male thing. I don’t know how people are calling mine this early when it’s got red feathers all over and is nowhere close to sexual maturity.
Anyway, I’m interesting to see how mine grow up. Whitey is pretty dang cool looking, I really hope hims a her.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

How did that even start.. y’all listen to kiki too much.

Beautiful!
I’m really not sure about the gospel “red on the wings” thing. I’ve always taken it to mean more like, if you’ve got a white/tan EE who’s got striking bold patches of brick red on his wings and those neat random stripey feathers all over, that’s very much a male thing. I don’t know how people are calling mine this early when it’s got red feathers all over and is nowhere close to sexual maturity.
Anyway, I’m interesting to see how mine grow up. Whitey is pretty dang cool looking, I really hope hims a her.

Hopefully they all are pullets! Though I know you hate the chipmunk EE

 

[Tesumph]

Texas A&M is its own "breed" right? A hybrid (I believe) that the school developed. I believe coturnix can be mottled/ piebald (whatever it's called in quail) too. Y'all I've read up on this but I ain't no expert so don't quote me lol. I'm just working on recall here.

They sure are, them Aggies are a whole new breed of dumbass altogether.

Or at least that’s what my FIL would say.

 

[Missyblue]

Sweet. What's the blue box behind the head just before he starts?

That is a plastic rain barrel, they place them close to your target and you get a penalty if you hit it instead of the target

 

[Tesumph]

Hopefully they all are pullets! Though I know you hate the chipmunk EE

I do think it’s a cockerel (wishful thinking?), I’m just skeptical about the red feather rule.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

They sure are, them Aggies are a whole new breed of dumbass altogether.

Or at least that’s what my FIL would say.

I’m so glad that I won’t be the only person going to A&M and hate the school itself.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I do think it’s a cockerel (wishful thinking?), I’m just skeptical about the red feather rule.

I am too honestly. I have the stupid one who applies to the rule because of his black and white feathers. But on the partridge and wild types I don’t think it applies too well.

 

[jwyles]

How did that even start.. y’all listen to kiki too much.

Beautiful!
I’m really not sure about the gospel “red on the wings” thing. I’ve always taken it to mean more like, if you’ve got a white/tan EE who’s got striking bold patches of brick red on his wings and those neat random stripey feathers all over, that’s very much a male thing. I don’t know how people are calling mine this early when it’s got red feathers all over and is nowhere close to sexual maturity.
Anyway, I’m interesting to see how mine grow up. Whitey is pretty dang cool looking, I really hope hims a her.

Exactly what i meant Tes! The red ones are different. The reason it looks kind of boy to me was the rosey red comb but I don't think it's 100% at all yet! The solid red wing patterns are SUSPICIOUS looking (especially on a partridge), but as I said before I THINK they show up a little closer to maturity. And with red EE I don't know that it works. And with EE they have no type they are being bred to, so the rules are bent. The red wing leakage is a great rule of thumb to go by, but it's no way 100% nor would I ever rule one out this early based on that alone.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I do think it’s a cockerel (wishful thinking?), I’m just skeptical about the red feather rule.

Especially not at 4.5 weeks. Ours didn’t get his red feathers until he was 7-8 weeks