Aztec Ducks!

[Crestcrazy2]

Here are my Aztec duckies now all colored in. Please forgive any photo bombs.

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i ordered in several mallards to expand my genetic pool but all but two died.

here is my male
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my one surviving girl.
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Wow!!
They're stunning !!!

 

[Knighstar679]

Wow!!
They're stunning !!!♥♥

They are shaping up to look pretty good.

 

[Crestcrazy2]

They are shaping up to look pretty good.

I very much agree !!!!!

 

[Ratchnick]

They look some look like my holderread saxony.

 

[Knighstar679]

This is Bruce Banner Duck who likes to go “Duck Smash!”

he has a nice neck ring I think.

 

[Knighstar679]

I have just set 7 eggs to test fertility. My little Aztecs have been mating for a little over a month and laying a little over two weeks based on the eggs we found in the two hidden nests.

I am thinking they like smaller nesting areas because they keep running into tight spaces to lay their eggs.

 

[Pyxis]

No eggs up here yet. I'm hoping soon though!

 

[Knighstar679]

Here are some of the duck eggs I have collected in the past two or three days. I like that my Aztecs don’t lay all white eggs. I have one or two that is laying a pink hued egg and a couple different shades of green.
Makes for a pretty looking carton of eggs to me.

 

[Knighstar679]

Fertility test passed! All of the test eggs set to check if they are fertilized all have strong looking blobs!

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

I’m so happy to say I found someone selling Aztec hatching eggs this evening and bought a dozen that will be shipped next week. I did everything I could and scoured their FB account to make sure I wasn’t getting scammed (lol) and asked questions about their birds. Seems legit!
it’s a lady in Syracuse NY, which is very close to you @Knighstar679, maybe it is you? Lol

can’t wait to play a part in preserving this breed!