I hatched a couple of eggs from my Swedish duck pen and thought "these look so different from any others they've given me ---really different". I raised them and kept watching them, thinking these two just don't look right. Well, I finally figured it out. I have a black East Indies bantam drake that just roams around (flies around, he's a good flier) where ever and he must have gotten lucky with one of the blue Swedish girls. He is so darn tiny, I didn't think it was 'physically' possible he could mate a big duckgirl.
The 'grown now' ducks are dark blue, have black bills and feet, and small or no bib, but they are full-sized. I know 'where there's a will, there's a way', but it was funny that I didn't even consider the BEI guy as a potential father.
I might have thought of it sooner if if the ducklings had been small, but they are as big as the Swedish. They are both really pretty, but obviously not Swedish!
The 'grown now' ducks are dark blue, have black bills and feet, and small or no bib, but they are full-sized. I know 'where there's a will, there's a way', but it was funny that I didn't even consider the BEI guy as a potential father.
I might have thought of it sooner if if the ducklings had been small, but they are as big as the Swedish. They are both really pretty, but obviously not Swedish!
