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

[Strawberry74]

Do you possibly have pictures of the white, pastel, blue bibbed, gray, snowy, and penciled as babies? I ordered 2 of the assortment from metzers, and they’ll be different colors, and they don’t have duckling pictures for them on the website. I’m hoping for 1 penciled, but I want to know which colors go to which adult.

Sure!

White: yellow with orange bill, orange feet

Gray: black with yellow points and eye stripes

Snowy: yellow with black flecking, darker head and faint eye stripes

Pastel: silvery/buff yellow with darker feet and bill

Pencil: black and yellow, orange/black feet and bill

Blue bibbed: silver bluish gray with yellow bib and dark bill and feet

 

[Miss Lydia]

Anyone want to hold a newly hatched Call duckling in your hand so we can see how tiny they are when first hatched. Half the size of a Runner duckling?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Here's one in a Goldfish food lid.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

 

[Miss Lydia]

So precious and tiny

 

[Strawberry74]

Soooo tiny!!

 

[ChicksnMore]

 

[CoriM]

Are male calls less aggressive than standard drakes?

 

[Strawberry74]

Are male calls less aggressive than standard drakes?

They are very amorous with the ladies, if you know what I mean, but I have never had one aggressive towards me if that's what you are asking. I have 18 call duck drakes.

One of my boys has 2 full size girlfriends. He attempts to mate but he is too small to get the job done. Funny to watch and he is not aggressive with them.

 

[CoriM]

I'm just wondering if it will be a hassle to introduce male calls when I have an all female flock of standards. Will the girls hate me for it, or be happy? I had a fawn and white runner drake in the past and he targeted an older pekin and never could quite get the deed done, but was relentless at trying. I guess I don't want that situation again.