Larkwell Valley (2023)

[JacinLarkwell]

White hen had a later egg she hid from me that hatched. I gave that chick to Auntie. The rest of her eggs have like a week to go.

The Cornish hatched their 1st of 3 eggs too

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Final count of
1 Male(?) Sexlink
2 pseudo blue phoenix
4 regular looking phoenix

 

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View attachment 3550122Final count of
1 Male(?) Sexlink
2 pseudo blue phoenix
4 regular looking phoenix

So cute!

Also seems sitting on a landscaping timber helps encourage them all to try them out. I'm leading them by example, lol.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

White hen (Technically her name is Petunia, but no one ever remembers it) hatched 2. A white and a normie. White didn't make it, so she only has 1 now.

Two Cornish eggs hatched in that pen. They don't have a good track record being raised by broodies, so we'll see. The two under Cheese are just fine though, so maybe?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@KuntryBoi , wasn't sure if you'd want to watch or not. If not, no big worries.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Here's the 8 Mini Moonies
I see at least one male out of them. My EE, Sydney, is slowly becoming an Auntie and getting off her fake nest

 

[JacinLarkwell]

One of my muscovies (the cigarette head one) lost an eye last night. My suspicion is that a broody got in a lucky shot. As long as it heals, they'll have a shot. It won't be the first time I had a 1 eyed duck. If it's a drake, I might keep him just because I know it's not a genetic issue and he won't have any male competition. If it's a hen, I might see if one of my friends wants her

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@Pyxis, I know barring for muscovy is recessive, chocolate isn't though, right?

 

[Pyxis]

@Pyxis, I know barring for muscovy is recessive, chocolate isn't though, right?

Chocolate is recessive and sex-linked, so females need only one copy to be chocolate, but males need two.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Chocolate is recessive and sex-linked, so females need only one copy to be chocolate, but males need two.

Okay. So if I end up with a barred male and sexlinked female, I won't get any of those colors in my ducklings, but a Barred female and chocolate male will show chocolate females that should carry barred?

I just realized last night that I only have 1 barred, but 3 chocolate, so if I have the barred male amd chocolate male, I have to decide which I want more right now