Shaws call duck incubation thread (hatch a wonderful(worthless to Ralphie) dux thread)

[shawluvsbirds]

That's where I got that info I posted earlier from



He's a juvenile appleyard drake, so for right now his head is black/gray, and it will return to that color in eclipse, but when he molts into nuptial plumage it will probably go green.

That's what I am hoping for in drako. . that maybe it will change next year. but since Ralphie didn't get his head color when he went through juvenile molt I'm not going to hold my breath.

 

[room onthebroom]

Sorry to multi post this, but what kind of ducks do you guys think these are?

 

[CayugaJana]

Sorry to multi post this, but what kind of ducks do you guys think these are?
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Is that lighter one all white??

The black one looks like a cayuga.

 

[WVduckchick]

Some new pics. Wish these babies would just feather in already!

Is this considered Silver??

Dusky has gotten his drake feather and his adult feathers are coming in too. Just a small section of baby feathers left.

I think the two like this may turn out to be Fawn and Whites. She still has that chocolatey coloring, but I can see the blue haze in there too.

And a couple for fun: Bonkers and Dusky preening, and Phoebe in an ice cream bowl of water. I have water bowls all over the yard lol

 

[room onthebroom]

Is that lighter one all white??

The black one looks like a cayuga.

The lighter one is still yellow, so at first I thought maybe pekin & cayuga, but the ad says they're approx 6mos & no way would a pekin still be yellow, right? Then I looked at how tall shes standing & thought maybe runners. After a good nights sleep, I'm thinking they must be pekin & cayuga & much younger than 6mos, but who knows. Ad also said the lighter one is a female & the black is unknown. By 6mos surely they would know.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Some new pics. Wish these babies would just feather in already!

Is this considered Silver??
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Dusky has gotten his drake feather and his adult feathers are coming in too. Just a small section of baby feathers left.
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I think the two like this may turn out to be Fawn and Whites. She still has that chocolatey coloring, but I can see the blue haze in there too.
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And a couple for fun: Bonkers and Dusky preening, and Phoebe in an ice cream bowl of water. I have water bowls all over the yard lol
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I love that chocolaty Bibb d duckie
I don't know what a silver technically is supposed to look like. That website you linked a while back only shows apricot silver.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

The lighter one is still yellow, so at first I thought maybe pekin & cayuga, but the ad says they're approx 6mos & no way would a pekin still be yellow, right? Then I looked at how tall shes standing & thought maybe runners. After a good nights sleep, I'm thinking they must be pekin & cayuga & much younger than 6mos, but who knows. Ad also said the lighter one is a female & the black is unknown. By 6mos surely they would know.

I say Pekin and Cayuga
And no way they are 6 months old.

 

[WVduckchick]

I say Pekin and Cayuga
And no way they are 6 months old.

X2. Way younger than 6 months!

Or it’s an old pic

 

[room onthebroom]

X2. Way younger than 6 months!

Or it’s an old pic

They just came into the HS yesterday, so I know the pic is fresh.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I love that chocolaty Bibb d duckie
I don't know what a silver technically is supposed to look like. That website you linked a while back only shows apricot silver.

It shows this as a silver under British colors. I don't understand the differences in British vs US and all that. It just makes everything so confusing. And like the pastel vs. The buff. There is not much difference.