Preparing to set call and pekin duck eggs! Hatch day should be March 4, 2021 if all goes well!

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Hello all,
First of all I wanted to thank all of you for the advice and support. It was a really rough day but I have some blessed news. I am grateful for the time that I have to spend with Milo. Milo is doing much better. He really struggled for that entire day after having a seizure. I figured he would pass in the night but he was still alive in the morning. The next day was rough too and he struggled a lot. Today however he is completely back to himself, eating, drinking, grooming, and wandering around the house. I was so surprised. I took him into the vet this morning and consulted her about what I should do. She said that he’s not in pain right now and the way he was acting was most likely due to the seizure. She did a basic checkup and some blood work, but didn’t want to be too invasive. She said to monitor him closely. She said that she’s not sure what caused the seizure. Maybe we will know more when we get his blood tests and blood sugar levels back. If he gets worse she said she will consider doing a home visit and euthanization.

She said that it cold possibly be a brain tumor but I didn’t want to go ahead with a tissue biopsy.

Here’s some pictures of him:

 

[Painted Calls]

Hello all,
First of all I wanted to thank all of you for the advice and support. It was a really rough day but I have some blessed news. I am grateful for the time that I have to spend with Milo. Milo is doing much better. He really struggled for that entire day after having a seizure. I figured he would pass in the night but he was still alive in the morning. The next day was rough too and he struggled a lot. Today however he is completely back to himself, eating, drinking, grooming, and wandering around the house. I was so surprised. I took him into the vet this morning and consulted her about what I should do. She said that he’s not in pain right now and the way he was acting was most likely due to the seizure. She did a basic checkup and some blood work, but didn’t want to be too invasive. She said to monitor him closely. She said that she’s not sure what caused the seizure. Maybe we will know more when we get his blood tests and blood sugar levels back. If he gets worse she said she will consider doing a home visit and euthanization.

She said that it cold possibly be a brain tumor but I didn’t want to go ahead with a tissue biopsy.

Here’s some pictures of him:
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What a sweet old man. This is wonderful news. So happy to hear it! I hope that you get some answers from his labs. Good answers. ❤

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

What a sweet old man. This is wonderful news. So happy to hear it! I hope that you get some answers from his labs. Good answers. ❤

Thanks again. He sure is. He’s such a loving cat. He’s never scratched anyone and he will take care of any kitten I bring home. I was so glad to hear that he isn’t in pain. I really hope his labs come back good.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Here is Beans right now! His coloring is just gorgeous! He is such a dark color!

 

[Conan]

Here is Beans right now! His coloring is just gorgeous! He is such a dark color!View attachment 2737795View attachment 2737796View attachment 2737798View attachment 2737799View attachment 2737800

Looks like you've got a good swarm started! Beautiful duckies.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Looks like you've got a good swarm started! Beautiful duckies.

Sure do! I’m at 19 right now, and they follow me everywhere!

Thanks so much! You have some gorgeous calls as well!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I hope all of you, your families and flocks are doing well. Recently I've started to notice that Lylah is getting her "Call Duck Cheeks" and oh my gosh, she's so beautiful! I absolutely adore these little ducks so much. Tully and Paisley have just started getting their big boy plumage, which I wasn't expecting. Since this is my first time with Calls, I'm anticipating more and more surprises as they grow and I learn. I had a domestic Mallard Drake (such a friendly and all around wonderful Drake named "India") before but his plumage didn't change after his adult feathering came in. Maybe I was mistaken on his breed. He was a hatchery duck so that could have been the difference. He was snatched up right before lock up one evening My only other drakes are "Stormy" a Cayuga, and "Reggie" a Pekin (just because he was THE favorite, I have to mention "Drake" my jumbo Pekin Drake as he was my first loss). So the plumage changes will be a new and exciting thing here. Both Tully and Paisley are getting darker bills too. Changes are happening everywhere How's everyone's flock doing?


@WVduckchick whenever Faith starts to lay, is there one color mate that would result in more lilacs? If so, I'd love to send you some of her eggs to get Margaritas color back in your flock if that'd be OK with you. Just let me know. Of course there's plenty of time between now and then. I wonder what would need to happen to produce a complete lilac magpie? I've got 3 incompletes, one lilac and two black. Would mixing an incomplete black magpie to an incomplete lilac magpie, result in a full magpie? This is way over my head and my two black are still quite young. I'm thinking I have a pair but only time will tell My mind is all over the place, obviously

 

[WVduckchick]

I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I hope all of you, your families and flocks are doing well. Recently I've started to notice that Lylah is getting her "Call Duck Cheeks" and oh my gosh, she's so beautiful! I absolutely adore these little ducks so much. Tully and Paisley have just started getting their big boy plumage, which I wasn't expecting. Since this is my first time with Calls, I'm anticipating more and more surprises as they grow and I learn. I had a domestic Mallard Drake (such a friendly and all around wonderful Drake named "India") before but his plumage didn't change after his adult feathering came in. Maybe I was mistaken on his breed. He was a hatchery duck so that could have been the difference. He was snatched up right before lock up one evening My only other drakes are "Stormy" a Cayuga, and "Reggie" a Pekin (just because he was THE favorite, I have to mention "Drake" my jumbo Pekin Drake as he was my first loss). So the plumage changes will be a new and exciting thing here. Both Tully and Paisley are getting darker bills too. Changes are happening everywhere How's everyone's flock doing?


@WVduckchick whenever Faith starts to lay, is there one color mate that would result in more lilacs? If so, I'd love to send you some of her eggs to get Margaritas color back in your flock if that'd be OK with you. Just let me know. Of course there's plenty of time between now and then. I wonder what would need to happen to produce a complete lilac magpie? I've got 3 incompletes, one lilac and two black. Would mixing an incomplete black magpie to an incomplete lilac magpie, result in a full magpie? This is way over my head and my two black are still quite young. I'm thinking I have a pair but only time will tell My mind is all over the place, obviously

I’m not sure if the lilac comes from the chocolate gene, or a brown gene, honestly. Chocolate I think. I know I only had the one girl, no drakes, so if chocolate, then one of my drakes is carrying it. I did discover one of my blue pied males has some brown on the side of his head that wasn’t showing until he eclipsed, so I assume it’s him. I also don’t know if dusky factor comes into play. I don’t have the capability to separate them for specific color breeding, so I never really researched it enough lol

On a happy note, my white hen was off her nest yesterday, and I checked some of her eggs real quick. At least 2 internal pips, so I should have some more ducklings soon!

And just a random pic I took this morning, babies are almost as big as momma now.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I think pyxis said liliac was came from a mix of chocolate and blue.

 

[WVduckchick]

I think pyxis said liliac was came from a mix of chocolate and blue.

What I was thinking too, but doubted myself. Lol