Aztec Ducks!

[rp riley]

Number 4 has entered the world. But it looks a bit darker than the others. So not really sure what is going on with it. I will see what it looks like when it is dry.

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I have 8 more eggs that will hopefully hatch by sometime tomorrow. These four have hatched really fast for ducklings about 36-48 hours between internal pip yesterday and hatching today.

Good luck with the others

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

wow just read the thread. these ducks are amazing! i couldn't keep them however because i assume you need a covered pen?

 

[Pyxis]

Number 4 has entered the world. But it looks a bit darker than the others. So not really sure what is going on with it. I will see what it looks like when it is dry.

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I have 8 more eggs that will hopefully hatch by sometime tomorrow. These four have hatched really fast for ducklings about 36-48 hours between internal pip yesterday and hatching today.

That one's a mallard cross. The first step on the route to increasing genetic diversity and bringing back the Blue Pearl color. That's why I said your others were dry enough to tell the colors, haha. Those ones are purebred Aztec and are Porcelain. This one is mallard cross and is 'Blue Pearl'.

 

[Pyxis]

wow just read the thread. these ducks are amazing! i couldn't keep them however because i assume you need a covered pen?

Yes, they are fully flighted, so if you don't have a covered pen, they could fly out and possibly get eaten or lost.

 

[Knighstar679]

That one's a mallard cross. The first step on the route to increasing genetic diversity and bringing back the Blue Pearl color. That's why I said your others were dry enough to tell the colors, haha. Those ones are purebred Aztec and are Porcelain. This one is mallard cross and is 'Blue Pearl'.

That makes me very happy. I was hoping for a blue pearl. Glad one ended up in the mix. I have one more egg that I remember from my talks that could be another.

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Yes, they are fully flighted, so if you don't have a covered pen, they could fly out and possibly get eaten or lost.

thats what i thought. maybe in the future though...

 

[Knighstar679]

Woke up to three more ducklings!

A cute cuddle

One more blue pearl


I started full assist on the 5 eggs that had made no progress. Sadly one had passed because of a serve malpositioned duckling. It was backwards in the egg with its head positioned between its feed. It ended up cutting itself off from the safety hole with its body.
The others look like they just grew too big to get into the right positions to either pip or make more punches into the shell.

current count 7 duckling with 4 still hanging out and absorbing in the egg.

 

[Crestcrazy2]

Awwwwwwwwwwwww there so cute

 

[Hucklekree]

I have enjoyed getting to learn about this duck breed, I didn't know existed before Knightstar posted her hatch. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Knighstar679]

I have 10 out of eggs and in the brooder. Egg number 11 is finishing hatching as we type. I ended up with 3 blue pearls, 8 porcelain one this other one hatches.
I also found out that the blue pearls I have are second generation pearls. Which is awesome to find out.