So a few months back, I won an auction for blue muscovy ducks. It was for 12+ eggs. I got 14 eggs and put them all into the bator. By day 10, all but two were clear and not developing. Which was a disappointment, but they did come from the East Coast (Im in Washington State).
So anyway, I went to move them into the hatching bator on what I thought was day 32 and they were HATCHING! So I left them alone. I thought they were maybe just too hot and that had made them pip early.
Both hatched out and were a beautiful, grayish-blue with little yellow bibs (not optimum, but okay) and very blue little legs. They also had blue bills.
They have been growing like weeds but were about 1/3 the size of the older Muscovies I also had which hatched out a week ahead of the blues.
So last night I go down to do my nightly check on their water and I hear, QUACK, QUACK. I look at my chickens and chicks who are staring back at me and then to the adult muscovies who are doing their head-bobbing and hissing at me. One of the ducklings was quacking!!! So after picking my jaw off the ground and went inside and looked through my stack of poultry catalogs. It looks like I have a nice pair of Blue SWEDISH ducks. Sighs. They are cute and very pretty but NOT what I paid for. Of course, the woman who sold them to me is not responding to emails and I already left her positive feedback on eBay because none of the eggs were broken upon arrival.
How can I leave a follow-up on eBay regarding the mix-up? Ive never paid for one breed, only to have a totally different breed come out .
BTW, these little guys are for sale. Im thinking I have a female & a male pair as one is very talkative, and the other isnt. Both are very friendly.
So anyway, I went to move them into the hatching bator on what I thought was day 32 and they were HATCHING! So I left them alone. I thought they were maybe just too hot and that had made them pip early.
Both hatched out and were a beautiful, grayish-blue with little yellow bibs (not optimum, but okay) and very blue little legs. They also had blue bills.
They have been growing like weeds but were about 1/3 the size of the older Muscovies I also had which hatched out a week ahead of the blues.
So last night I go down to do my nightly check on their water and I hear, QUACK, QUACK. I look at my chickens and chicks who are staring back at me and then to the adult muscovies who are doing their head-bobbing and hissing at me. One of the ducklings was quacking!!! So after picking my jaw off the ground and went inside and looked through my stack of poultry catalogs. It looks like I have a nice pair of Blue SWEDISH ducks. Sighs. They are cute and very pretty but NOT what I paid for. Of course, the woman who sold them to me is not responding to emails and I already left her positive feedback on eBay because none of the eggs were broken upon arrival.
How can I leave a follow-up on eBay regarding the mix-up? Ive never paid for one breed, only to have a totally different breed come out .
BTW, these little guys are for sale. Im thinking I have a female & a male pair as one is very talkative, and the other isnt. Both are very friendly.
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