Skittles at 6 1/2 weeks....

[akpeeps]

Wow! Skittles is growing like a weed.

Betcha can't tell mama is a Blue Swedish.

I'm fairly sure Skittles is a she. Lots of definite quacks when I talk to her.

She's been with my one of my Silkie chicks, Scrambles, that's just a couple of weeks older. I'm not sure if the chicken thinks it's a duck or the other way around, but they're inseperable.

This is my favorite pic of the two of them

 

[Bleenie]

Very cute, she's quite a pretty little duck!

 

[tia]

She is very pretty. I like your little silkie chick too.

 

[Shadowhills Farm]

Aww cute!

Our ducklings are growing like a weed too!!!

 

[Goat_Walker]

No.....Way....

That is so freaky. My very first Duck EVER that actually got me hooked onto ducks was a rescued Blue swedish drake.. That I named Skittles..

She is SOOO CUTE! But wow, that is so weird. WHen I saw the thread I was like "Aww, Someone else named their duck SKittles" then I opened it and saw it was a blue swede( Mix?)

My Skittles was such a mamas boy , I miss him

R.I.P.

Edited to say that I actually had a magpie x runner that looked the same - blue with a white bib and mixed in darker feathers. What was the dad? In your post it sounded like it was a cross.

 

[akpeeps]

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Oh my gosh! That's funny. I knew the name was going to be Skittles before it ever hatched. Yep she's a mix though,

Papa is a Khaki Campbell/Rouen cross.
Her nickname is mutt duck. Didn't have any idea what I was going to get out of this cross.

I was so excited to see what baby would look like. I didn't expect her to look like a full Swede though.

Skittles at one day...

Here's papa at about 2-3 months of age....His name is Puddles

When he went through his final molt, he ended up with a gorgeous dark emerald green head and I though Mallard cross but the lady I got him from didn't have mallards.

 

[Goat_Walker]

Wow! Lol, Skittles almost looks like he / she should have turned out chocolate colored.

 

[akpeeps]

LOL, I was expecting something a little more "exotic" I think.

 

[L0rraine]

What an adorable pair those two are. I actually open the gate between the pen I keep my drakes in and the adjoining Silkie (chicken) run on some days to give them a bit more room to explore. They all seem to do fine together, though the ducks are a bit pushy when I first feed in the morning.

I think your duck is really getting quite pretty.