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

[shawluvsbirds]

Ok I gotta stop for a while .. I'm giving myself a head ache

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Dang it. . I forgot to put Howards name on his

 

[duluthralphie]

About angel wings.....I earned mine by keeping vigil over dangerous dux.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

What color are appleyards heads supposed to be? This guy looks to be coming in brown but hard to photo.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

What color are appleyards heads supposed to be? This guy looks to be coming in brown but hard to photo. View attachment 1499638
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http://www.sherborneducks.co.uk/nscusadef_10.htm

 

[Ruralhideaway]

http://www.sherborneducks.co.uk/nscusadef_10.htm

He's not green like that. Could still change?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

He's not green like that. Could still change?

In the description there it said black with a green sheen. . is it green out in the sun?
Or maybe he is just off colored like my drakes

 

[Ruralhideaway]

In the description there it said black with a green sheen. . is it green out in the sun?
Or maybe he is just off colored like my drakes

No green iridescence at all. The other drake you see there is normal green colored, nothing like him. He's just finishing getting his color though, maybe it'll still happen. I suspect he is off color though.

 

[Pyxis]

I'm gonna go back to that other thread too.

But I wanted to post this here. @Miss Lydia found this article on angel wing, and since we've been discussing it here, I thought I'd paste the link here too.

Metzer Farms Angel Wing

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

What color are appleyards heads supposed to be? This guy looks to be coming in brown but hard to photo. View attachment 1499638
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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.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

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.

Even though the other drake just turned green? I'll never figure duck colors out I swear!