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

[Ruralhideaway]

Very pretty

 

[WVduckchick]

Malibu looks almost all white, just barely has some silvery feathers around her tail area. But I love her dark bill..

 

[Ruralhideaway]

What a stunner! That could be my new favorite color.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Anyone got any silver eggs?

 

[WVduckchick]

I lost my silver drake to a hawk last month.
But some of the eggs she is on "should" come out silver. That's one of the reasons I didn't take her eggs. After this, all the fertilizing will be done by my blue fawn drake.
Better pic of Malibu, and a flapping pic of Bacardi. RIP.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Hawks! Awful, so sorry to hear that. Great pictures, love the wing pattern.

 

[WVduckchick]

Sorry Shaw, didn't mean to derail your hatch thread, but at least you are between hatches now.

So here's a hatch related issue... I have 16 call eggs incubating, and 3 of them look like this. I doubt they will hatch, but at the moment, I still see movement inside. I've not had this happen before, but it has now happened with my cream legbars (shipped), one shipped turkey egg, and now call eggs from my flock. What the devil? Day 20.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Sorry Shaw, didn't mean to derail your hatch thread, but at least you are between hatches now.

So here's a hatch related issue... I have 16 call eggs incubating, and 3 of them look like this. I doubt they will hatch, but at the moment, I still see movement inside. I've not had this happen before, but it has now happened with my cream legbars (shipped), one shipped turkey egg, and now call eggs from my flock. What the devil? Day 20.
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Don't be sorry! Its all good.
Wonder what is causing that? Curious if they end up hatching.

 

[Ravynscroft]

That's really striking. I never see those for sale anywhere.

They're not very common, demand isn't really high for them and they're not an accepted colorin the standard... they're a byproduct of blue breeding... same thing as splash in chickens...

That’s exactly what I meant! I love it.

Here's another silver, more colored...

View attachment 1335126 I like the black bill on this one too
Ravyn says this is blue Bibbed I think.

Yep, she is a blue bibbed... and that's where silvers get their dark bills and webs from!

Malibu looks almost all white, just barely has some silvery feathers around her tail area. But I love her dark bill..
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she looks just like Huffle!!

Anyone got any silver eggs?

I had planned to have a silver and lilac pen this spring but between flu and car accident, I ain't got chit done...

I lost my silver drake to a hawk last month.
But some of the eggs she is on "should" come out silver. That's one of the reasons I didn't take her eggs. After this, all the fertilizing will be done by my blue fawn drake.
Better pic of Malibu, and a flapping pic of Bacardi. RIP.
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Sorry Shaw, didn't mean to derail your hatch thread, but at least you are between hatches now.

So here's a hatch related issue... I have 16 call eggs incubating, and 3 of them look like this. I doubt they will hatch, but at the moment, I still see movement inside. I've not had this happen before, but it has now happened with my cream legbars (shipped), one shipped turkey egg, and now call eggs from my flock. What the devil? Day 20.
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Incomplete CAM development... are these in your Brinsea Octagon?

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Accepted or not they are beautiful.