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[Going Quackers]

My newest editions. Not sure how many are there but it's a nest full.

Unreal! that is an awful lot of eyes lol

 

[Going Quackers]

Well 2 were lost last night (the gent I got them from didn't know baby ducks could drown even in a small bucket of drinking water) so my 18 became 16. I brought mama home with the babies and my drake immediately flew into the enclosure and jumped her. He shows no interest in any of the other breeds of duck hens other than Muscovies. Mama duck flew away but luckily came right back. Razzy (my drake) and mama duck both got wing clippings shortly thereafter . . .
Here are the babies just after they arrived . . .

So cute! that is a shame some were lost, i hope this guy educates himself a bit more on the process if he's going to be having ducks, sure accidents happen but he sounds clueless. Are you letting the drake in with the mama & babies? since she and the wee ones are new, i would separate. Drakes can kill babies and harass mums, you need to know the birds well before allowing them to combine.

 

[Going Quackers]

Is there a way to tell what colors they will be? Other than just waiting, lol? There are a lot of ducklings with brown and yellow and a couple with black and yellow . . .

My Mar hatch


Here these all turned into these



3 blues and one black and white mind you he's all green on his back right now.

 

[gaitngirl]

Wow! That's quite a change!

The man I bought these from didn't have ducks - she just showed up in his goat shed along with another hen and started a nest. This hen won the broody duck battle for the nest. He wanted me to take the other two adults but I wasn't sure how 2 drakes and 4 hens would be.

The drake isn't allowed in with the new mama and babies. I didn't want anyone getting run over, etc. or fights. Mama has her own run to feel safe with the babies in. I just wasn't expecting Razzy to fly over and get her! Now he can't, lol. He paces outside the run and slept beside it last night!

 

[gaitngirl]

Some morning cuteness!

 

[gaitngirl]

Apparently I can't load pictures today . . .anyone else having issues?

 

[keirys]

Apparently I can't load pictures today . . .anyone else having issues?

yup I was having the same issue yesterday

 

[EdenCamp]

Drakes can handle up to 7 ducks each. You'd likely be OK with 2/4 - there are babies too remember. If the other drake was not related could actually have been a good thing. Too much inbreeding will cause problems. What are you planning on for the drakeletts out of the babies? Eat or rehome....


Scovies change colors several times before they settle into adult plummage. It can get confusing.
I do think, don't treat as gospel, that those showing brown have chocolate genes. Yellow turns into white.
Barring as a youth may or may not stil show on the adult. White heads and feathering tend to become more prominant with age. Haven't watched enough duckling hatch to maturity to say for sure - think it's another of lifes fun mysteries.

 

[TommyDaDelaware]

Naughty (This is how he got his name!! Every time the hose is on he does this!! Who needs a TV when you have Naughty?!

And Fertile Myrtle sitting on her eggs. (She picked a wierd spot this year.. we have a "wood Room" attatched to our house, and its above a little crawlspace type thing in our basement, and we use the wood room as storage during the summer when we aren't burning wood to keep warm, well Myrtle decided that the Wood Room was a good room for her eggs!! LOL!)

 

[refamat]

Ms Howard did a showing today of her new hatch...I think I count 19