Trisseh
Duck-duck-chicken!
Hey everyone! I hatched out 2 eggs from my blue runner drake and my silver appleyard duck; I had 3 eggs but the last failed to pip. Out of these, I wound up with a yellow duckling (pictured on the right) a black bibbed (which is the one that died) and this interesting little brown one. I’m not sure on further back generations but my blue runner came from either a blue/blue, blue/splash, or black/blue/splash pairing. (There were blue and black drakes, and blue and splash ducks that were possible parents to my drake.)
At first I thought this one was blue, but her legs are a chocolate color, and the down is staying brown instead of lightening up and turning more blue. She’s now 2 weeks old. I’m not great with genetics but anyone have any insight for me? Could it be buried further back in my drake’s ancestry? I’m very curious to see how this little one turns out regardless, but wondering how I wound up with a brown duck. Haha.
here are the parents: (excuse the toughness of the appleyard, she’s broody and I have to force her out to get a bath. Lol)
At first I thought this one was blue, but her legs are a chocolate color, and the down is staying brown instead of lightening up and turning more blue. She’s now 2 weeks old. I’m not great with genetics but anyone have any insight for me? Could it be buried further back in my drake’s ancestry? I’m very curious to see how this little one turns out regardless, but wondering how I wound up with a brown duck. Haha.
here are the parents: (excuse the toughness of the appleyard, she’s broody and I have to force her out to get a bath. Lol)