Feeling like a kid the night before Christmas! updated *PICS*

[SassyKat6181]

Should be getting my call from the post office in the a.m.

I picked up 4 Mallards from TSC 2 weeks ago and instantly fell in love and needed more.....Duck math! I have 7 Khaki Campbells and 3 Pekins on their way from Ideal.

Just opened the box!

Packing Peanuts- 2 reddish with brown stripes on back and 2 reddish with white wings and bellies....any guesses?

This gal has a tuft of fluff in her head

 

[*DuckLuvR*]

I was the same way just this past Tuesday night. It is my first time with ducks, and it was just like Christmas morning for me too. Congratulations.

 

[aineheartsyou]

same here! I have two more shipments coming so I still have that feeling

cant wait to see pics!

 

[gofasterstripe]

Give it a few more weeks an alot of people on here will be yelling....IM GETTING MY HOLDERREADS ORDER THIS WEEK.

 

[jack & mommy's duckies]

I agree...as a Christmas Present to myself i completed my order for Metzers.....Now I'm waiting for March 28 for them to hatch and March 29 to go pick them up at the airport. I dream about them atleast 3 times a week. And everyone in the world knows I'm getting ducks. As the date approches it is getting harder to wait

 

[SassyKat6181]

THEY'RE HERE! Cute as can be and all doing great. My only gripe is that there were 4 little packing peanuts included.....red roosters! My 12 hens just started laying about a month ago and I didn't really want roosters, especially since now I have 14 ducks with the possibility of the mallards being males. I'll post photos in a bit.

 

[aineheartsyou]

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i specifically asked for the roosters to be left out and bought insurance because we are not allowed to have roosters here and I have no idea what I would do to get rid of them. where are the pictures???

 

[SassyKat6181]

One of the campbells, the one pictured above, has a spot of fluff on the back/top of her head. Is it possible to get a crested campbell? The others do not look this way....maybe it's just extra baby fluff. I'll try to get a better picture of her later.

 

[aineheartsyou]

it is possible, their website says that crested ducks may be included in your order

 

[Quacking]

Ducklings can also have a crest even when the parents were not carrying the gene. It is very rare and is a "birth defect" in these cases rather than a genetic trait. Hatcheries will sometimes cross breed at times to increase vigour within a breeding flock. A duck that carries the gene but does not have a crest could be introduced into the flock in this manner, meaning that some future offspring may also have a crest. Long shots both explainations, but either one may help to explain how you may have been shipped a crested duckling.

Your ducklings are all very cute, but sorry about the roosters.