Duckling Thread!

[Miss Lydia]

What a nice morning here in the mountains! How about in the TN mts nice there?

 

[rjohns39]

What a nice morning here in the mountains! How about in the TN mts nice there?

Pretty good at the moment. 70* but 99% humidity. Nice cool breeze as well.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Y’all going to get any of the rain from that storm?

 

[rjohns39]

Got a bit yesterday, maybe 15-20 minutes, rain, lightning, hail then nothing more. Looks like we'll see some more of it this evening. It's in memphis right now.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I never see the news or weather. So I rely on my phone for weather. Yesterday they said rain starting at 6pm and they were right. I got soaked for nightly chores. I don’t mind in summer as long as there isn’t lightening.

 

[rjohns39]

I rely on my computer and like to track the radar.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That way you know exactly what to expect!!

 

[Loopeend]

More baby ducks!

The first one from the C-nest. With the suprising color of blue trout (lilac trout? Is that even a thing? She could carry blue ánd chocolate when female.. her colour looks much like my lilac duckling; but I never had a blue trout duckling..so I'm not sure..but since the parents are Bb and BB she múst have atleast a blue gene). Oh; he/she is also 3/4 runner.

The first one of the B-nest. Blue. With a weird short beak...wonder if that will catch up while he/she grows..

This poor thing is #2 from the b-nest. It seems born too early. It's really tiny; around the cloaca area stuff does NOT look okay, her wing sat the wrong way in the egg and is croocked, and one eye was waaaay smaller then the other eye. She came out of the egg wing over her head; with the small-eye-side against her body under her win..This probably lilac She made it through the night; and her eye fixed itself; allthough you will probably allways see that something was wrong with it due to the amount of white in her eye-cornor. I hope she grows well the next days and the problems solve itself; and we don't have to lose her the next few days.

A colour comparison; the blue/lilac trout, lilac duck, blue duck. You can see the lack of chocolate in the blue duck compared to the others.

Another one for fun;

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful ducklings!

 

[rjohns39]

More baby ducks!

The first one from the C-nest. With the suprising color of blue trout (lilac trout? Is that even a thing? She could carry blue ánd chocolate when female.. her colour looks much like my lilac duckling; but I never had a blue trout duckling..so I'm not sure..but since the parents are Bb and BB she múst have atleast a blue gene). Oh; he/she is also 3/4 runner.
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The first one of the B-nest. Blue. With a weird short beak...wonder if that will catch up while he/she grows..


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This poor thing is #2 from the b-nest. It seems born too early. It's really tiny; around the cloaca area stuff does NOT look okay, her wing sat the wrong way in the egg and is croocked, and one eye was waaaay smaller then the other eye. She came out of the egg wing over her head; with the small-eye-side against her body under her win..This probably lilac She made it through the night; and her eye fixed itself; allthough you will probably allways see that something was wrong with it due to the amount of white in her eye-cornor. I hope she grows well the next days and the problems solve itself; and we don't have to lose her the next few days.
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A colour comparison; the blue/lilac trout, lilac duck, blue duck. You can see the lack of chocolate in the blue duck compared to the others.View attachment 1846520 Another one for fun;
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so cute