Aztec Ducks!

[Pyxis]

I met up with @WilderWoods today at VINS. They were dropping off some extra drakes for donation, and I picked up some birds from them to help with my abysmal male/female ratio. A few porcelain hens, a couple blue pearl hens, a mallard hen, and one blue pearl drake, since I didn't actually hatch any blue pearl drakes.

And of course I forgot to take pictures of the new birds Ah well, tomorrow hopefully.

In the meantime, please enjoy these pictures of some of the VINS raptors and their "Birds are Dinosaurs" exhibit. It's a cool place.

Spoiler: VINS Pictures

Oh, and also, here's my turkey who apparently thinks she's a duck in the duck pool. Bonus Aztecs in the back right corner.

 

[Knighstar679]

I ended up lucky with my first hatch. I have 3 porcelain hens, 1 blue pearl hen. That leaves me with 2 male blue pearl, 5 porcelain males. Looking at getting 4 mallard hens. But I am certain my ratio will cause an issue.

 

[Knighstar679]

I went through both sets of ducklings that I hatched to get a final number of males to females. I have 10 females out of these guys. They are still molting in their adult feathers so I will get pictures of the boys later but here are a few of the girls.

a very light porcelain

a darker porcelain

my blue pearl girl.

 

[Crestcrazy2]

I went through both sets of ducklings that I hatched to get a final number of males to females. I have 10 females out of these guys. They are still molting in their adult feathers so I will get pictures of the boys later but here are a few of the girls.
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a very light porcelain
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a darker porcelain
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my blue pearl girl.

Beautiful !

 

[Knighstar679]

Here are a few of my males. The first one is my favorite porcelain male, the others are my blue pearl males.

 

[Crestcrazy2]

Here are a few of my males. The first one is my favorite porcelain male, the others are my blue pearl males.

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Wow! your really lucky to have such beautiful ducks !

 

[Knighstar679]

Wow! your really lucky to have such beautiful ducks !

I have three more I am waiting to see color in for my males.

 

[Ratchnick]

The porcelain looks like a mini saxony

 

[Hidrainja4]

beautiful

 

[Pyxis]

I snapped some pictures of the ducks today! And realized that yes, I do need a new zoom lens. Mine just isn't taking sharp pictures any more. Sorry if the pictures look a bit fuzzy.

Here's a cute little muddy hen:

Here's one of my blue pearl drakes with the porcelain hens:

Here's a picture I snapped of one of the hens mid-preen:

And this I found interesting. This is two of my porcelain drakes next to each other. They are the same age. The size difference is pretty big. One of them obviously is tending more towards the genes of his Call ancestors than the other. I won't use the little one for breeding. Oh, the white duck is a Call, not an Aztec.