Can you tell if these are crested magpie ducklings

[Nimueh Alene]

My DH picked up my magpie ducklings this morning from ideal hatchery . I had asked for them not to send crested magpie ducklings... Can you tell if they are? I'm impatient to find out and I won't be home until 8pm.

PS I paid for heat pad and no packing peanuts... What did they send RIR ?

 

[chickens really]

Yep...Some have crests.....Crested is a genetic deformity and it means the skulls are not fully closed so causes the poof on the head..The bigger the poof the bigger the hole in the skull..
Best wishes..

 

[Nimueh Alene]

So miffed off. Thanks for your input. I'll keep them they are adorable but dang. it does say "crested may be included " but all of them? If I wanted crested I would have specifically ordered crested.

 

[Eagle Flight Farm]

I'm a newbie and I don't see any crests on the ducklings. Could someone explain what they see that indicates they have crests?

I thought crested ducklings looked like this:

http://www.metzerfarms.com/WhiteCre...ck&Breed=White Crested&image=WhiteCrestedBaby

 

[Khota]

I see what may be potentially be very small crests on the side of a few of the magpie ducklings heads. I have a crested magpie duckling however, and can say for sure that she has quite a bit larger of a crest, and that I'm not actually 100% those ducklings ARE in fact crested. When you get home, you should be able to tell by feeling their heads. If there's a clear bump of feathers on their heads, they're crested. If you're still not sure, after a few weeks you should be able to tell for certain. My duckling's crest has grown quite a lot since I first got her.

This is my crested Magpie duckling when I first got her 3 weeks ago from Ideal. The crest will typically be obvious.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

They diffentitly don't have anything that large... Think I'm going to name the boy Duckan.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

felt their heads... No bumps of any kind... I went off the handle on ideal hatchery for no reason. They are not crested as I requested. I apologize to ideal hatchery and you all. Thank you for your input.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sure looks like a small crest. Adorable duckling

 

[Nimueh Alene]

here they are... Trashed the brooder in less than 10 minutes.. .chicks are gone. They were bullying the ducks. Chasing them aware away from food and water.
The one with the green mark is my Drake...

 

[Miss Lydia]

The bigger you can go with your brooder the less mess.To a degree lol

They are adorable