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

[shawluvsbirds]

day 15 Cayuga eggs. Comments when y'all got time?
Should I start misting? If so any specific instructions on doing that. .warm water. .is tap water Ok ?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

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...



Here's another silver, more colored...

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



she looks just like Huffle!!



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









Incomplete CAM development... are these in your Brinsea Octagon?

So o o . . your saying I *might*possibly see some silver from her since my drake is blue fawn?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Accepted or not they are beautiful.

Thanks... I think so too...

View attachment 1335274 View attachment 1335275 View attachment 1335276 day 15 Cayuga eggs. Comments when y'all got time?
Should I start misting? If so any specific instructions on doing that. .warm water. .is tap water Ok ?

2nd one looks a little small, but other 2 look ok to me... tap water is fine... I don't bother with it being warm, but some do...

So o o . . your saying I *might*possibly see some silver from her since my drake is blue fawn?

Yes, you will get silvers from blue fawnxblue bibbed breeding... and blacks too... most likely those will have the grey pattern bleed through though...

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Thanks... I think so too...



2nd one looks a little small, but other 2 look ok to me... tap water is fine... I don't bother with it being warm, but some do...



Yes, you will get silvers from blue fawnxblue bibbed breeding... and blacks too... most likely those will have the grey pattern bleed through though...

Hum. That might just be beautiful
Sofie is sitting on some of Lexi s eggs and I think some of Maggies

 

[Ravynscroft]

Hum. That might just be beautiful
Sofie is sitting on some of Lexi s eggs and I think some of Maggies

Somewhere I have pics of those blacks... I started with a blue bibbed drake over greys and silvers, lol...

If you breed the blacks together, you can breed out the bleed and get clean blacks...

 

[CayugaJana]

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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B-E-A-utiful........

 

[CayugaJana]

Need some fluffy pics. I’m so glad you got the pastel color. They are just stunning.

 

[CayugaJana]

View attachment 1335274 View attachment 1335275 View attachment 1335276 day 15 Cayuga eggs. Comments when y'all got time?
Should I start misting? If so any specific instructions on doing that. .warm water. .is tap water Ok ?

WVduckchick also suggested I lightly wipe some of the bloom off. Between that and misting, it helped. I don’t know if they can tend to have a thick bloom thus not letting much moisture out. But that’s my uneducated guess.

 

[duluthralphie]

Need some fluffy pics. I’m so glad you got the pastel color. They are just stunning.

It's last years hatch, but it is fluffy..... note the normal beaks.

 

[CayugaJana]

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It's last years hatch, but it is fluffy..... note the normal beaks.

It just doesn’t do it for me Ralphie........