Larkwell Valley (2023)

[JacinLarkwell]

Hey @Pyxis , do you have any pictures of a lilac duck? I was playing with the calculator and I found out I could get those if I had a chocolate and a blue, but it doesn't have a picture for them

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Hey @Pyxis , do you have any pictures of a lilac duck? I was playing with the calculator and I found out I could get those if I had a chocolate and a blue, but it doesn't have a picture for them

Not the person you asked... but i have a lilac duck. My blues and chocolates are all bibbed though. https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/screenshot_2018-12-27-12-05-47.7910459/

 

[shawluvsbirds]

That duck has gotten lighter colors every year. She's darn near white now.

Same duck.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not the person you asked... but i have a lilac duck. My blues and chocolates are all bibbed though. https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/screenshot_2018-12-27-12-05-47.7910459/

Oh that's pretty! Maybe I'll order a chocolate call male if I place any more orders before I hatch babies out nest year. I got some blue and chocolate females, so I'll have some colors to play with

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Oh that's pretty! Maybe I'll order a chocolate call male if I place any more orders before I hatch babies out nest year. I got some blue and chocolate females, so I'll have some colors to play with

Mine are so mixed on color it's hard knowing what is what anymore. Lol.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Mine are so mixed on color it's hard knowing what is what anymore. Lol.

Yeah, that's what I originally want to do with my runners and calls. I know it's not to standard, but I won't be showing and I'm the one paying for their feed and care, so I'm going to go for lots of colors in the flock. The Calculator says a chocolate male and blue female will make some lilacs (and other colors but I don't remember them) so that currently is a goal I'm looking at

 

[Canadian Wind]

Very reminiscent of a Buff Orpington duck...

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Very reminiscent of a Buff Orpington duck...

Aren't those kinda the same genetically? I thought I read somewhere that they have blue and chocolate that makes the color

 

[Canadian Wind]

Aren't those kinda the same genetically? I thought I read somewhere that they have blue and chocolate that makes the color

Could be! Would make sense actually.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@Miss Lydia (or anyone else), if I have 2 males in a duck flock, how many females should I aim for?

Also, is 8 hens likely too many for 1 male to cover?