Please, show me your ducks

[Sosalty]

These Black Muscovy ladies have never given a rough peck.

 

[BrittKay]

Yes! My time has come
I have 13 ducks of varying appearances. I’ll list them in order from lightest to darkest.

First up is my eldest drake. He’s a Crested Pekin | Color White, of course.
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Then I have 6 Buff Orpington-presenting ducks | Colors Light / Blonde & Buff. Here’s 2 of my hens
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And a drake
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Next up, I have 4 Khaki / Rouen-presenting breeds | Colors Khaki, Chocolate, and Blue (on their wings). Here’s a hen. She has white flight feathers, similar to what you asked for.
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And a drake
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Then I have a hen who was Khaki Campbell-presenting, but molted into Chocolate plumage | Colors Khaki & Chocolate.
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And last but not least, I have my Blue Swedish-presenting hen! | Color Blue Bibbed w/ hints of brown all over. And yes, white wing tips!
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Now the most interesting part - My Chocolate hen and Swedish hen are half sisters.
And the Buff Orpington / Khaki / Rouen presenting ducks are all FULL siblings! Yes! Their parents are my Pekin drake and my Chocolate hen (she’s a mix of Buff, Chocolate, and Blue).

Does your crested have a drake feather? And if so, when did he get it??? I have a crested and at 8 weeks I still do not know if it's a male or female because it refuses to make ANY friggin sounds lol

 

[BrittKay]

Attached is my flock. I have a Crested, Cayuga, Pekin, Hybrid 300, Khaki Campbell, and a Rouen. You'll have to open up the pick to see the Crested in the pic.

 

[KathiQuacks]

Does your crested have a drake feather? And if so, when did he get it??? I have a crested and at 8 weeks I still do not know if it's a male or female because it refuses to make ANY friggin sounds lol

I can’t say for him specifically (he’s 6 years old!!), but ducks get their drake feather around 10 - 12 weeks. But if yours is pretty quiet / doesn’t talk much, he’s probably male, too.

Attached is my flock. I have a Crested, Cayuga, Pekin, Hybrid 300, Khaki Campbell, and a Rouen. You'll have to open up the pick to see the Crested in the pic.

By the way.. your “Rouen” is actually a Mallard!! Rouens would be Pekin-sized

 

[Papaye]

Hi!

I have two female rouens

Weird seeing one with a crest...!!
...They are beautiful girls.

And some barnyard mixes I don’t know the breeds of.

Hmmmm... they are really cute...!
Would you mind posting some pictures of them, as they grow up?

(Thank you so much for the pictures!!!)

These Black Muscovy ladies have never given a rough peck.

Wow... nice picture!
Thank you!

Attached is my flock. I have a Crested, Cayuga, Pekin, Hybrid 300, Khaki Campbell, and a Rouen. You'll have to open up the pick to see the Crested in the pic.

Thank you for the picture.

Are you sure your duck is a Rouen? Seems to be too small... I would instead have thought her to be a Mallard...

Same for your Cayuga : her stance looks much too upright... She looks like an Indian Runner.

In any case : really beautiful ducks!! (Your crested one look funny!!)

 

[PuddlesandWaddles]

Hi!



Weird seeing one with a crest...!!
...They are beautiful girls.



Hmmmm... they are really cute...!
Would you mind posting some pictures of them, as they grow up?

(Thank you so much for the pictures!!!)

Yes, when she was a duckling we were so concerned because of the poof

I will try and post some pictures of them growing up!

 

[Lovinghands]

Momma is a call duck Wiggles and dad is an Indian runner Waggles (he flew away after she started sitting in eggs). 2 weeks ago she hatched 7 out of 8 eggs. I have 4 gray and yellow ducklings and 3 black and yellow ducklings. Can't wait to see what they will look like when there feathers come in.
Do they take after mom or dad? If anyone has any insight, I'd love to know. So far at 2 weeks, tail, back and wing feathers are coming in. The grey and yellow chicks seem to be getting more color in their bills and feet.

 

[PuddlesandWaddles]

I can’t believe they already have feathers!

 

[Jaz_aubriana]

Hmm.. Black Swedish, Pekin, and.. why, I don’t think I’ve seen a Blue Pied Runner before Is that even what you’d call it? Gorgeous!!

Can you describe their voices or get a video? You can upload a video to YouTube and link it here. Any girls should be loud with a defined honk, and boys awfully quiet, just starting to get their raspy voice.

Hmm.. Black Swedish, Pekin, and.. why, I don’t think I’ve seen a Blue Pied Runner before Is that even what you’d call it? Gorgeous!!

Can you describe their voices or get a video? You can upload a video to YouTube and link it here. Any girls should be loud with a defined honk, and boys awfully quiet, just starting to get their raspy voice.

They have got quite raspy voices but are very vocal, almost talk back to me! and do “tweet”! Still no drake feather in sight either - they are quite shy but settling in really nicely!

The reason I got them was because I have never seen colouring quite like it especially dusty! - speckled legs & beaks! I’ll attach the picture of them when they were young before I got them.

 

[Jaz_aubriana]

Hello!



I look at videos...
I read what I can find of course, but I also could learn a lot on some ducks from videos. (People who make them are great!!)



Yeah, same... but I don't know if the calculator is really so accurate?
(Though I am at least grateful for the pictures...)



Same.

I could already learn that Trout drake x Light Dusky duck = Faulted Trout.
(I still don't know if a standard Trout can come from Trout x Light Dusky; but if so, I imagine I will get at least one from my current Trout ducklings...?)

I have also learnt that a Bibbed Black drake mating with a Light Dusky duck can make White Winged, Bibbed Black ducklings...

And, weirdly, I recently also learned that non-crested Indian Runner ducks can make Bali ducklings...
That was a surprise, since not so long ago, I believed at least one parent should have a crest for (some of) his babies to also have one!

...I will learn a lot more from now on, since soon, I am supposed to get Runners of different colours than my current ones.
And I really want to see what colours (of ducklings) I will get from them...!!



Thank you for the picture!
They are so beautiful... don't hesitate to post other pictures : I would like to see more of them, especially your Dusty!



You can voice sex them : females quack, and male have a raspy voice (like if their voice didn't work correctly, and they had difficulties to speak)...

You also can sex them by their appearance : they eventually will get curly feathers on their tail if they are drakes... but you also can sex them by colours.

Thus, Dusty, at least, is 100% a male : I'm pretty sure only Indian Runner DRAKE can be Blue Pied as such... but even if it was not the case, his black head is here definitively proof of his manliness.



I have seen one Blue Pied Indian Runner drake recently (in pictures only, sadly)... and he was one of the prettiest drake I have ever seen...!!
That's really an amazing colour on a Runner...



No : that's PERFECT.
Thank you so much...!!!



I don't have any word... her wings are even better stretched; and that's so surprising to see such a constrast of colours with the rest of her feathers...
Wow... just stunning... How could she be so beautiful...?!



Even if not similar, this picture is just so great...

You really take very nice pictures... I myself take a lot, but absolutely none of mines can be compared with yours. Congrats! And thank you for sharing.

Hello!



I look at videos...
I read what I can find of course, but I also could learn a lot on some ducks from videos. (People who make them are great!!)



Yeah, same... but I don't know if the calculator is really so accurate?
(Though I am at least grateful for the pictures...)



Same.

I could already learn that Trout drake x Light Dusky duck = Faulted Trout.
(I still don't know if a standard Trout can come from Trout x Light Dusky; but if so, I imagine I will get at least one from my current Trout ducklings...?)

I have also learnt that a Bibbed Black drake mating with a Light Dusky duck can make White Winged, Bibbed Black ducklings...

And, weirdly, I recently also learned that non-crested Indian Runner ducks can make Bali ducklings...
That was a surprise, since not so long ago, I believed at least one parent should have a crest for (some of) his babies to also have one!

...I will learn a lot more from now on, since soon, I am supposed to get Runners of different colours than my current ones.
And I really want to see what colours (of ducklings) I will get from them...!!



Thank you for the picture!
They are so beautiful... don't hesitate to post other pictures : I would like to see more of them, especially your Dusty!



You can voice sex them : females quack, and male have a raspy voice (like if their voice didn't work correctly, and they had difficulties to speak)...

You also can sex them by their appearance : they eventually will get curly feathers on their tail if they are drakes... but you also can sex them by colours.

Thus, Dusty, at least, is 100% a male : I'm pretty sure only Indian Runner DRAKE can be Blue Pied as such... but even if it was not the case, his black head is here definitively proof of his manliness.



I have seen one Blue Pied Indian Runner drake recently (in pictures only, sadly)... and he was one of the prettiest drake I have ever seen...!!
That's really an amazing colour on a Runner...



No : that's PERFECT.
Thank you so much...!!!



I don't have any word... her wings are even better stretched; and that's so surprising to see such a constrast of colours with the rest of her feathers...
Wow... just stunning... How could she be so beautiful...?!



Even if not similar, this picture is just so great...

You really take very nice pictures... I myself take a lot, but absolutely none of mines can be compared with yours. Congrats! And thank you for sharing.

They seem to stand at my back door and wait for me! - Dusty definitely is very full of character & much smaller in comparison to the other two!