Larkwell Valley (2023)

[JacinLarkwell]

It would probably be easier for you to post pics of the ones you receive, then we can tell you what color they are. Plus we get the benefit of seeing your little cuties!
Tag me with pics, if you remember, please.

That's my plan. I looked up snowy ducklings, they tend to look kinda patchy colorwise, right? Thats what kept popping up, but they kept including other images I know aren't snowy

 

[WVduckchick]

That's my plan. I looked up snowy ducklings, they tend to look kinda patchy colorwise, right? Thats what kept popping up, but they kept including other images I know aren't snowy

After looking at their color choices, I figured I’d could find a baby pic of each.

White will of course be totally yellow as a baby, black will be solid black. If there is any yellow on the breast of a black duckling, the yellow will turn white and the duck will be black bibbed. Same for blue.
Magpie, I believe, should be a specific pattern of black and white, if the pattern doesn’t match the official pattern, it’s just blue pied or black pied, not necessarily magpie. Hope that makes sense. I don’t think I have any that fit the official description of Magpie.

Grey will be black with yellow “diamonds” on its back, and prominent eye stripes. Blue fawn is marked the same with the yellow diamonds, but the main down is blue.
This is a Grey, Blue Fawn, and Nutmeg (grey with chocolate genes)

Pastel looks really light yellow, but it’s not a vibrant yellow. It’s more dull, with a hint of blue-ish coloring. I can’t seem to find a pic of Pastel or Snowy at the moment. I’ll keep looking.

Penciled should look like a mix of grey/blue with eye stripes, but have some scattered yellow throughout. I don’t have any penciled personally.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

After looking at their color choices, I figured I’d could find a baby pic of each.

White will of course be totally yellow as a baby, black will be solid black. If there is any yellow on the breast of a black duckling, the yellow will turn white and the duck will be black bibbed. Same for blue.
Magpie, I believe, should be a specific pattern of black and white, if the pattern doesn’t match the official pattern, it’s just blue pied or black pied, not necessarily magpie. Hope that makes sense. I don’t think I have any that fit the official description of Magpie.
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Grey will be black with yellow “diamonds” on its back, and prominent eye stripes. Blue fawn is marked the same with the yellow diamonds, but the main down is blue.
This is a Grey, Blue Fawn, and Nutmeg (grey with chocolate genes)
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Pastel looks really light yellow, but it’s not a vibrant yellow. It’s more dull, with a hint of blue-ish coloring. I can’t seem to find a pic of Pastel or Snowy at the moment. I’ll keep looking.

Penciled should look like a mix of grey/blue with eye stripes, but have some scattered yellow throughout. I don’t have any penciled personally.

Awesome, thanks a bunch. I'm really hoping for a white and a penciled in my batch

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Hit -19 while I was training. Couldn't take a screenshot though because the program would have ended my testing

 

[WVduckchick]

Good grief that’s cold! We are supposed to plummet starting tomorrow. This evening will still be warm enough for me to refill every heated waterer I have, gives me a day or two without refilling, and prepare for a week of sub-freezing. I hate it!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Damn, that's nasty. Temps are staying around 'normal' cold here, although we're expecting a bad snow storm over night. I'll take that over the extreme cold you're having.

 

[WVduckchick]

Damn, that's nasty. Temps are staying around 'normal' cold here, although we're expecting a bad snow storm over night. I'll take that over the extreme cold you're having.

Oh my, did you change your avatar? Or maybe I just noticed that beautiful chocolate baby!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If I wanted to mKe black and whiterunners, how would I go about doing that? I thought if I paired a black with a fawn&white, I could get the black where the fawn is, but I guess it makes all sorts of other colors According to the calculator

 

[Canadian Wind]

Oh my, did you change your avatar? Or maybe I just noticed that beautiful chocolate baby!!

I changed it last summer, when this little one hatched. Thought it was too cute not to use!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Was cold enough tonight that my phone battery drained as I watched it. I had to bring in two pullets with frozen feet. Hopefully they're young enough to pull through.

Rusty is still in the house, but he certainly looks 1000x better than he did yesterday.