Muscovy keepers share your pics!

[TherryChicken]

WTG baby duck! for the rest of them.

Woo hoo hoo!  I see an external pip bottom left come on babies!

! Can't wait!

 

[slutter]

Anyone near Fort Wayne indiana? (Close being an hour or two, especially north! Thanks

 

[halfwildacres]

I have a dumb question: how can you all tell what color the ducklings are going to be so early on? Especially with barred and rippled. All I see is fuzz and webs lol.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I have 2 broody ducks!

Five weeks is such a long time to wait.

 

[Ren2014]

I have a dumb question: how can you all tell what color the ducklings are going to be so early on? Especially with barred and rippled. All I see is fuzz and webs lol.

Not a dumb question at all. I have the same question. I do know that barred babies turn out to be the color of their tails. Hopefully someone will answer the rest of your question soon

I have 2 broody ducks!

Five weeks is such a long time to wait.

Congrats

and

for both. I agree. My girl only has four more to go, lol

 

[TherryChicken]

I have a dumb question: how can you all tell what color the ducklings are going to be so early on? Especially with barred and rippled. All I see is fuzz and webs lol.

How I do it is based off of tail feathers, bill color, and leg color

 

[learycow]

I have a dumb question: how can you all tell what color the ducklings are going to be so early on? Especially with barred and rippled. All I see is fuzz and webs lol.

Barred are the easiest. They are always yellow with a colored tail. The color of the tail and bill determine the color they will feather out as.

Ripples aren't as easy as they tend to be black or brown and can be easily mistaken for black or chocolate ducklings. And you won't get barred or rippled babies unless they have 2 copies of the gene

 

[halfwildacres]

Thank you guys for helping me out! Now I have to see what I have and not just get overwhelmed by the cuteness lol.

 

[holm25]

Hi all. Well I sold my pair of Lilacs. BUT I have eggs in the incubator from them. I dont feel good about them though. They are a little old. I believe they were probably two weeks old when I put them in.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Hi all. Well I sold my pair of Lilacs. BUT I have eggs in the incubator from them. I dont feel good about them though. They are a little old. I believe they were probably two weeks old when I put them in.

They'll probably be fine. It's not uncommon for ducks to sit on eggs that are 3+ weeks old.