Ducklings on the way!!

[quackkquack__]

Hi again!!
I took some pictures (which aren't the best!!) but they are already growing their feathers so I took some pictures of their feathers too (which again, aren't the best!!)
(P.S. they are currently 17 days old!)

Puma:


Pika:


Pike:


Jellyfish:


Fawn:


Lastly, Tokki:


Yeah so the pictures are clearly not the best and it's hard to see their feathers so I'm gonna describe what they look like the best I can!

Puma: They look to be black and white, mostly black though, I see a couple of white ones.
Pika: Blue-ish, brown-ish, kinda like Newt's when she was younger.
Pike: Also pretty blue/grey.
Jellyfish: Mostly black-ish, brown-ish.
Fawn: Same as Jellyfish.
Tokki: Shes got the same coloration as Newt did when she was younger (so blue-ish, brown-ish).

And on their sides and backs, they've all got brown-and-black, I couldn't get a picture of that but I have one of Newt when she was younger.

Does anyone know what they will look like when they are older? I think at least one or two might look kinda like Newt and I think I might have one or two Greys or Blue Fawns, I have no idea what Puma could be.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick has a chart with call colors hopefully she can share that with you.

 

[WVduckchick]

Having a Snowy adult throws light phase and harlequin genes into the mix, so they probably won’t look like standard colors.

The “black” based babies will have a green head (the males), and be either grey, snowy, spot, etc.
The “blue” based babies will have a charcoal gray head will be blue fawn, etc.
The ones that look kinda brown may have chocolate genes and look like the the ones with brown heads , nutmeg, etc.
I didn’t notice any of yours that are light enough to be pastel or silver, but it’s possible since your pics aren’t great lol
I expect yours will probably all fall in the first pic here, but might just have to wait and see!

 

[quackkquack__]

Having a Snowy adult throws light phase and harlequin genes into the mix, so they probably won’t look like standard colors.

The “black” based babies will have a green head (the males), and be either grey, snowy, spot, etc.
The “blue” based babies will have a charcoal gray head will be blue fawn, etc.
The ones that look kinda brown may have chocolate genes and look like the the ones with brown heads , nutmeg, etc.
I didn’t notice any of yours that are light enough to be pastel or silver, but it’s possible since your pics aren’t great lol
I expect yours will probably all fall in the first pic here, but might just have to wait and see!
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Yeah the pics aren't the best!
When they get more feathers, I'll get better pictures and post them then!

But thank you for this!!

 

[quackkquack__]

Having a Snowy adult throws light phase and harlequin genes into the mix, so they probably won’t look like standard colors.

The “black” based babies will have a green head (the males), and be either grey, snowy, spot, etc.
The “blue” based babies will have a charcoal gray head will be blue fawn, etc.
The ones that look kinda brown may have chocolate genes and look like the the ones with brown heads , nutmeg, etc.
I didn’t notice any of yours that are light enough to be pastel or silver, but it’s possible since your pics aren’t great lol
I expect yours will probably all fall in the first pic here, but might just have to wait and see!
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Yeah I dunno if I'd end up with any pastels or silvers,
The lightest baby is Pike, these are the best pictures I have of them (although its their baby pictures)



But I'm not sure if that's light enough to be a pastel or silver?

 

[WVduckchick]

Yeah I dunno if I'd end up with any pastels or silvers,
The lightest baby is Pike, these are the best pictures I have of them (although its their baby pictures)

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But I'm not sure if that's light enough to be a pastel or silver?

Definitely not light enough to be pastel or silver. The first pic looks definitely blue fawn but it looks darker in the second pic.

I have a momma hen now with babies, 5 dark, 5 light. Only one might be pastel or silver, I can see the shade is different. It’s kinda hard to tell in pics. But it’s the front one of the 3 in a row on the bottom of the pic.

 

[quackkquack__]

Hi again!
Is it possible to sex ducklings by their voice at 3 weeks old (they are currently 3 weeks old)? (I heard female ducks can hit puberty as young as 2 weeks and as old as 10 weeks but I'm not sure lol)
4 out of 6 of the ducklings are starting to sound different, their peeps sound a little deeper, I'm not sure how to describe it though besides the fact they sound deeper and not that high-pitched (although when they get scared, they do sound high-pitched but when they are just talking and making happy noises, it sounds deeper than usual).
I'd really love to know their genders but I'm too afraid to vent sex them because I don't want to accidentally hurt them.
Newt was 5 weeks old (37 days) and Buzzard was 5-6 weeks (40 days) when I figured out their gender by voice.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sometimes at 3 weeks, you can pick out a sound similar to a honk when voices are changing but by 4-5 weeks it should be even more obvious.

I think we need some up-to-date pictures of these little ones.

 

[quackkquack__]

I've got some updated pictures!!





I also got some pictures of their feathers!!

The picture above is Tokki's feathers, Pike and Pika's feathers also look like that.
Thats how their mother, Newt, looked like as a baby so I assume those three will be spitting images of their mother!


The picture above is Jellyfish's feathers, Fawn and Puma's feathers also look like that.
I'm not sure what they'll look like so if anyone could help me with them!
(Jellyfish and Fawn are twins so their feathers look the exact same, Puma is darker than them so her feathers are a little more black than theirs)

 

[Miss Lydia]

I've got some updated pictures!!

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I also got some pictures of their feathers!!
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The picture above is Tokki's feathers, Pike and Pika's feathers also look like that.
Thats how their mother, Newt, looked like as a baby so I assume those three will be spitting images of their mother!

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The picture above is Jellyfish's feathers, Fawn and Puma's feathers also look like that.
I'm not sure what they'll look like so if anyone could help me with them!
(Jellyfish and Fawn are twins so their feathers look the exact same, Puma is darker than them so her feathers are a little more black than theirs)

@WVduckchick maybe can help.