Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

[MichalK]

Hmmm... she *may not* be quite pure Snowy... where did you source them from?

Oh, mine prefer to go off from my flock as well... seems to be a Snowy thing, lol...
Why wait? As soon as yours are feathered out, go pick them up some Roseys or feeder goldfish from the pet store and put them in a water bowl for them...

also i forgot to mention were hatched in March

 

[MichalK]

No way!! Last month Dexter got nabbed by an owl... he somehow escaped with minor injuries and came waddling down the road back home at first light!! Never would have though a Call would ever escape a large predator once caught!!

I can still picture Dexter waddling down the road all bright and confident, ready to eat breakfast...lol

 

[MichalK]

If he is really a Dexter, the owl is probably in chunks in garbage bags at the bottom of a body of water.

 

[Spyderk117]

Here is Arthur!

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

No way!! Last month Dexter got nabbed by an owl... he somehow escaped with minor injuries and came waddling down the road back home at first light!! Never would have though a Call would ever escape a large predator once caught!!

I had a bald eagle swoop down and grab one of my hens last year. The neighbor dog startled it and it dropped her. She had a few really deep puncture wounds, but lived.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Anybody selling show quality eggs?

 

[moomoodiddy]

Yes! I got into silkies a couple years ago just so they can hatch calls for me!
This year my silkies went broody in January. They nested and hatched everything I put under then until May (I would remove chicks and ducklings and replace with more eggs).
In May I stopped giving them eggs so they would molt and take a break. It worked and then they were right back at it again in Aug/Sept!

Were they shipped eggs?

 

[PINOAK RIDGE]

I have a very small backyard flock of calls as pets. Someone had commented on a pic I had on FB and referred to this little girl as a butterscotch. Does she look like she could have some butterscotch?

Oh my goodness!!! These are the cutest pictures...EVER! If my house call ever makes me a grandma I would be besides myself! Congrats!
Wow!! They are soooo adorable!! You did a great job! How was the hatching process?

Your little girl is a mixture of color genes, but I can't say what combos she has. I don't see where she could be called a butterscotch, as this is what butterscotch females should look like. But I bet she is entertaining, as well as cute.





Wish I could have been more help, but when folks mix different color varieties there are so many gene combinations and recessives that can be in the gene pool, I can't knowledgeably answer her heritage. Enjoy your ducks.

 

[PINOAK RIDGE]

Has anyone ever let a silkie hatch their call eggs?

Yes, we have silkies that incubate some of our call duck egg. Great little mothers.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Yes, we have silkies that incubate some of our call duck egg. Great little mothers.

What about for shipped eggs, I usually keep them still outside of the incubator for a day and then still in the incubator until most of the air cells reattach, so would I just do that and then put them under the hen?