Mare's Illegal Cute-ness (Call Duck) Chat Thread!!

[ChicksnMore]

No…..I have hens with really dark heads

That's good to know. I kept staring and staring for differences and wondering .

 

[muddy75]

Wow they grow so fast but loving the colors!

 

[muddy75]

Ginger is still sitting on her 8 eggs, and I have like 10 more in the incubator that will start hatching around mini’s graduation. Hoping I have everyone moved and can possibly get the girls to adopt the ducklings. I’m over the temporary brooder mess!

 

[Strawberry74]

Is it possible for a Gray pair to hatch a blue bibbed ducking?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Is it possible for a Gray pair to hatch a blue bibbed ducking?

It shouldn't be unless somehow they are hiding something. Idk enough about genetics.
But A blue gene has to come from somewhere to get blue bibb, pastel or blue fawn. I know it takes 2 blue to get pastel.

 

[Canadian Wind]

It shouldn't be unless somehow they are hiding something. Idk enough about genetics.
But A blue gene has to come from somewhere to get blue bibb, pastel or blue fawn. I know it takes 2 blue to get pastel.

If the genes are the same as in other birds (chickens, ducks, and Muscovy are those I know), the blue is co-dominant and having just one blue gene will show.

What exactly is gray, though? Is it considered on the blue spectrum?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

If the genes are the same as in other birds (chickens, ducks, and Muscovy are those I know), the blue is co-dominant and having just one blue gene will show.

What exactly is gray, though? Is it considered on the blue spectrum?

Looking here for an answer. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mallard-derived-duck-color-genetics-basics.74277/

 

[shawluvsbirds]

So maybe yes they can if i am reading that article right.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Bear in mind that I am not super well-versed in duck genetics, but in terms of Call colors, Gray is the wildtype mallard pattern. Blue Bibbed is solid blue plus a recessive gene that causes the bib, I think? The gene that causes a duck to be solid-colored is dominant, and like with chickens, the blue gene is partially dominant. So at least one parent of a Blue Bibbed duckling would have to have a blue gene at minimum, and at least one parent would have to be solid-colored. In other words, no, from my understanding there is no way that two Gray parents could make a Blue Bibbed duckling.

 

[Strawberry74]

Thanks! Its interesting because the gray girl's parents (not mine) hatched out some random snowy females last year so her parents are a bag of tricks to start with. Since getting her she is with two what I thought were gray males. Maybe one is more blue fawn like and he is the one I see her with? I dunno. Any which way they are all adorable! I was just surprised when out hatched the little blue bibbed duckling.