Larkwell Valley (2023)

[Canadian Wind]

Sorry to hear this Jacin.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sorry to hear this Jacin.

I've known for a little while that her time was coming. And it really did help that she was as okay with it as she was. No trying to get away when I picked her up, no flailing or flapping during the walk up to the house, no screaming or even nervous squawking, she just watched the grasses and birds as we sat and walked. Only part she protested was her head being pulled out of the cone, which I cant blame her one bit for.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

 

[Canadian Wind]

So... Keeping ducks inside for the winter?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

So... Keeping ducks inside for the winter?

Not in the house I'm not! They'll get a lamp if they need one, but that's it

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Last night there were 4 live ones and 3 that hatched and passed. I'm thinking 2 were trampled, so I tried to block the hole that the ducks use to get into that pen last night.

Does this loom chocolate? I shouldn't be able to get those, I thought. I only have chocolate females that were old enough to breed. Can Moose carry a chocolate gene and not show it?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Unfortunately I won't really know if these are mules/hinnies or scovy, so they're most likely destined for freezer camp next spring

 

[Canadian Wind]

That does look chocolate, and yes males can carry the gene without showing it, and since it's sex-linked that is probably a female.

Although, I see you have a white female, so she *could* be base chocolate which would mean the baby can be either gender.

You'll know soon enough if they are mules/hinnies.

Sorry you lost so many.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That does look chocolate, and yes males can carry the gene without showing it, and since it's sex-linked that is probably a female.

Although, I see you have a white female, so she *could* be base chocolate which would mean the baby can be either gender.

You'll know soon enough if they are mules/hinnies.

Sorry you lost so many.

There are more eggs, so I'm hoping that they start doing better without such easy access to the pen from other ducks. This is Lunas second hatch and A$$holes first. I have 2 chocolate females and 2 white females (both had black head spots as Littles if that changes anything).

 

[Canadian Wind]

There are more eggs, so I'm hoping that they start doing better without such easy access to the pen from other ducks. This is Lunas second hatch and A$$holes first. I have 2 chocolate females and 2 white females (both had black head spots as Littles if that changes anything).

Yes, the black head spot indicates base black, so no chocolate there. Still means that Moose is split