Decided to keep 9 total thinking two are boys and 7 girls hopefully that is a good ratio. Might have two more girls coming soon but they are only 3 weeks right now so we would have to wait a bit for them to get bigger.
So what do you think?
Sweet that was how I was guessing and hoping I was right. Was not sure about Snowball because he/she is larger than the other ducks but her face is so feminine I didn't think she was a drake and she is definitely smaller than the drakes I have. I have a black barred duck and white duck coming as well so my total ducks will be 9. How many drakes would be good for the group. The two I posted are my two top picks but I also have a lilac drake that is almost identical to Slick as well as two more blues a silver (I think), two more browns and a black. Could I keep another drake or is two enough. Also the blue drake that I posted above, do you think he has white head gene as well. How dominant is that trait. Will all the babies have white head or is it a recessive trait that just might pop out here and there? What is the difference between lilac and lavender? I thought they were the same color. How do you tell them apart?From top to bottom here are my educated guesses:
Chocolate bibbed, drake
Blue bibbed, drake
Blue, white head duck
Lavender pied, duck
Chocolate bibbed, duck
Silver, duck
Chocolate bibbed, duck
Chocolate magpie, duck
Last one is a blue fawn (also known as lilac), duck
That is so cool I can't wait until they start having babies. I have a brown bibbed drake and and a blue drake (possibly with white head gene also ) that I am keeping so far. I have a black, lavender, and lilac that are different colors I could keep for drakes as well ( I am guessing they are drakes but not sure of anything lol) . So maybe with adding two more ducks (they are 5 weeks right now) I will be able to keep one more drake. That would make my ratio 3 drakes to 9 ducks.lol, ya, blue comes in an awful lot of shades. Emma technically fits the bill for magpie, but usually magpie has a slightly larger color patch on the back. But, she has the cap, colored tail, and heart shaped back patch. Chocolate is sex linked, so unless you breed her to another chocolate, the results will be exactly as if you'd bred the drake to a black hen. Bred to chocolate, she'll produce chocolate babies with a good chance that some will be more correct magpies. You'd be able to tell as soon as they hatch which ones are going to have a chance at being good magpie because magpie ducklings look like they're wearing little tuxedos. It's one of my Favorite things about magpie ducks. I've even had some come out with little white "wingtips" on their feet.
Sweet that was how I was guessing and hoping I was right. Was not sure about Snowball because he/she is larger than the other ducks but her face is so feminine I didn't think she was a drake and she is definitely smaller than the drakes I have. I have a black barred duck and white duck coming as well so my total ducks will be 9. How many drakes would be good for the group. The two I posted are my two top picks but I also have a lilac drake that is almost identical to Slick as well as two more blues a silver (I think), two more browns and a black. Could I keep another drake or is two enough. Also the blue drake that I posted above, do you think he has white head gene as well. How dominant is that trait. Will all the babies have white head or is it a recessive trait that just might pop out here and there? What is the difference between lilac and lavender? I thought they were the same color. How do you tell them apart?
Here are some pictures of the other drakes I have
Lilac drake maybe not sure
Blue drake?
Brown drake
Brown drake definitely he already weighs close to 12 pounds at 13 weeks
Lavender drake maybe?
Black drake? Not sure.
I have one more blue drake pretty sure he is a drake because he is big. These ones I posted to try and find homes for but maybe I can sneak another drake in the mix with the amount of girls I have or would that be bad for them?