Australian Spotted bantam ducks

[mamanaturale]

i have australian spotteds! they are so cute and sweet!

 

[taras.farm]

I'm soooo Jealous
Wanted to order from them but its crazy $$$mooola to ship them here to canada....

 

[Giddyup]

I have them and would like to start a breeding program out here. They are such a friendly little duck, not too noisy and easy to keep. The colours are neat too.

We have our first hatch of 6 from 2 greens due this weekend, and our blue hen decided to sit the nest of 10+, so we're hoping. Then comes my learning curve for showing!

I would love to bring stock from Holderreads, but it is cost prohibitive. I believe my stock orginally came from there but am still researching.

I am hoping they will become more popular as they are hard to find!

I know you'll enjoy them, take lots of pics!

 

[sianara]

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I agree they are excellent people to do business with. I corresponded with LOTS of emails before I finally decided to go with them. They were very thorough and friendly in their emails and phone calls.

 

[sianara]

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How long have you had them?

What colors do you have?

I was originally going to get the greenheads but then I read that with the blueheads, they will hatch out all THREE colors (blue, green & silver) so I went with them.

I don't want to wish spring/summer away, but MAN I'm looking forward to Fall!

 

[sianara]

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I am planning on passively breeding them. By passive I mean, I will let the hen set on as many eggs as she wants and see what I end up with for stock. Then, I'll keep what I want and sell the rest. Depending on how that goes, I'll do the same thing again the following season. I know they are very rare as most people I've talked to about them have never heard of them. That in itself could be either good or bad. I assume only serious duck owners would even consider purchasing ducklings from me since they won't have a $4 price tag

. But that's what I meant by I'll see how it goes. They are pets to me and I'll only brood what I know will be sold the second time around.

I will take lots of pics and post them on this thread (if I can find it again that is

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[mamanaturale]

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How long have you had them?

What colors do you have?

I was originally going to get the greenheads but then I read that with the blueheads, they will hatch out all THREE colors (blue, green & silver) so I went with them.

I don't want to wish spring/summer away, but MAN I'm looking forward to Fall!

hmmm, they are two weeks old.

and we hatched them ourselves. and i have NO idea what colors they are yet. i am pretty sure one is a silverhead from the baby coloring. we have more eggs in the bator due in mid june.