My colour experiment results hatching now..

[duckyfromoz]

After borrowing ducks from a friend to help along my colour breeding project- I was hoping for something other than Harlequin and Cinnamon to hatch...and finally last night they did!! With one more still drying off in the bator- I have three fawn ducklings now with a few others pipped. Its so nice to have something a different colour for a change. And while I wont be keeping any of the dark ones myself..they sure are cute

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[sourland]

And that is exactly why I try not to look at duckling pictures. Even this jaded old man has toadmit that they are cute.

 

[texascowboy1979]

So who are the parrents?

All my ducklings that hatched last night are mixed.. wont know exact percentages until adult plumage start.

Ive got Rouen, Hybrid 300, Blue Swedish, and Herlequin

 

[desertdarlene]

Oh my, that's a cute photo! I love the little one biting the foot of his sibling. And, it's sharp and clear, too!

ETA: They all look like they're going to gang up on that one on the right and he knows it, too!

 

[duckyfromoz]

I breed Cinnamon and Harlequin Runners- but borrowed a Cinnamon and a fawn duck from a friend. So they are from Harlequin and Cinnamon drakes- Fawn and Cinnamon Ducks. I expected a mix of colours - and plan to grow out most of the ducklings rather than sell them as I wont know the exact parentage of some until their final molt the same as yours. I know that these are from the fawn duck- but I wont know which drake - as they are like mom - and the fathers are too similar in colouring to determine which it may have been .

 

[gofasterstripe]

way to cute, just you send all the none coloured ones over to me ill sit and

over them in my yard

 

[duckyfromoz]

I actually am going to be fostering some of these out. My daughter was given two barnevelder chicks to raise along with her others They are going home today- maybe tomorrow.. And the lady who also breeds White Indian Runners has asked if I can lend her some coloured ducklings to raise. She hasnt had a great season herself this year- with so much rain spoiling the nests of hers, and she would love some more ducklings to raise, and like me- she thinks something a different colour would also be a novel idea.

The next little one is out- also a fawn, It had pipped the wrong end of the egg. I saw it was unzipping earlier- and then had its head out, and an hour later it was still being a turtle duck...So I had to break off some of the shell so it could get the rest of its body and legs out.

Unlike the little one in my avatar- this little guy was really stuck- but is now much happier and in the brooder with the others.

 

[lovesduckies]

loooooooook the little one i said i want to steal yesterday is still posing. i wish i could go steal the baby from you!!!

 

[duckyfromoz]

So She is !! I guess I have a photogenic little Princess duck on my hands ....

Lucky for me I am in Australia then - I want to keep that little one around until she is all grown.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are adorable!