Awesome! Thanks so much for explaining that!White is recessiveSo if the duckling turns out to be white, it means mom was carrying it, which she was because her father was white. It means the duckling's father was also either white or carrying white.
The possible fathers I guessed were my white drake, my blue fawn pied male, or black pied drake. It’s more likely the white drake right?
I don't get it. Aren't all Pekin ducklings yeller?Man I am just thrown for a loop today! I was assisting a duckling from one of my pekin ducks eggs. Imagine my surprise when out pops a non-crested all yellow duckling! He had a foot and wing over head and was struggling. He pipped externally 34 hrs ago. his membrane was really dry so I moistened it and removed the membrane around his air cell with no bleeding. He looked absorbed and wasn’t yawning or chewing. A little bit ago he wiggled his little head out on his own. He had an unabsorbed yolk so I set his shell in a little cup in the incubator just like I did with my two call ducklings. Hopefully he’ll absorb it and do ok. He is very exhausted.
the first picture is the mother and father and the second picture is the duckling before I stuck him back in the incubator. I am just so surprised by his appearance!
I was suprised because my only drake is my crested Rouen in the photo (see last post). The mother is my pekin hen. I wasn’t expecting it to look just like a normal pekin.
Oh. I get it.I was suprised because my only drake is my crested Rouen in the photo (see last post). The mother is my pekin hen. I wasn’t expecting it to look just like a normal pekin.
Wow, interesting! If this little fella makes it I’m to see how it will turn out!
Awesome! Thanks so much for explaining that!
Thanks for all the help! Plus taking the time to explain it! That’s really interesting!Statistically, yes
And I guess you know your rouen drake is carrying white now too, haha.
