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[Going Quackers]

Anybody decent at sexing white muscovies?

Honestly, there all looking pretty ducky to me? ages? here my pair of whites as 5mth olds? Drakes you can tell, there mammoth sizing takes centre stage. Drake to the right, duck to the left.

 

[Going Quackers]

I guess i never updated lol

Here colour help with these please! I know one is a black & white pied it's the rest me lost with... I've been told the one in the second/third picture is a blue & white? i know the others are some blue tone although the one is quite dark...

 

[keirys]

I guess i never updated lol

Here colour help with these please! I know one is a black & white pied it's the rest me lost with...

I am soo jealous they are adorable!!!!! We still don't have a spring clutch

 

[Going Quackers]

I am soo jealous they are adorable!!!!! We still don't have a spring clutch

Thank you! i'm sorry, technically this was a winter as they hatched mid march. Ugh, that was stressful, i don't plan on anymore though.

 

[kendradillon]

At what age do muscoveys stop growing??

 

[Miss Lydia]

At what age do muscoveys stop growing??

By 6-7 months they are pretty much adults in size, but they will bulk up, my drake who is just 1 yr is as large as his daddy but not as full through the body, the ducks also will widen some as they get older but are usually full size by 6 months.

 

[Going Quackers]

By 6-7 months they are pretty much adults in size, but they will bulk up, my drake who is just 1 yr is as large as his daddy but not as full through the body, the ducks also will widen some as they get older but are usually full size by 6 months.

I agree, the drakes 'bulk' up.. the ducks seem to round out?(oval out) as they near 1yo.

 

[kendradillon]

Thanks guys!!

 

[EdenCamp]

I agree, the drakes 'bulk' up.. the ducks seem to round out?(oval out) as they near 1yo.

Quackers, the trouble with guessing colors is they molt and change colors several times before they hit adulthood. Even then - if white heads they get more white on thier heads, barring sometimes disappears.

So with that said, even with the one being much darker, looks like two have the blue and brown coloration of blue-fawns.
Some call bluefawns lilacs but I'd reserve that for the lighter colored. The one that looks to have blue wings but a yellow head I suspect will go blue pied.

Enjoy!

 

[Going Quackers]

Quackers, the trouble with guessing colors is they molt and change colors several times before they hit adulthood. Even then - if white heads they get more white on their heads, barring sometimes disappears.

So with that said, even with the one being much darker, looks like two have the blue and brown coloration of blue-fawns.
Some call bluefawns lilacs but I'd reserve that for the lighter colored. The one that looks to have blue wings but a yellow head I suspect will go blue pied.

Enjoy!

Oh, no i realize these 4 are amongst numerous i have had... just colours confuse me.. this blue, lavender, lilac etc... and so forth, clearly one is a black & white pied, like dad i have had ones like him before.

I also like to be able to ballpark because i cannot keep the drakes... people want to know... i have never been able to get a colour on their mother..