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WannaBeHillBilly said:
Eleven hungry bills! - What will you do with them?
How did you survive prying momma duck away from the nest?
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Hopefully they survive. I'll be keeping or selling some of the females, and males will be rehomed depending on colour.

As for getting around Momma, that was easy! I waited for her to go eat! She's also fairly good and only takes off one layer of skin if I reach in. ;)

The one in my new avatar is really interesting. Love those markings! Haven't gotten a chance to really look at them all yet, though.
 
@WannaBeHillBilly Just peeked in the nesting box when Mom decided she wanted to partake in the afternoon corn, and two more babies.

I also managed to count how many eggs are left to hatch: 11. I believe *someone* added eggs to this nest! Probably the other chocolate hen, who was co-nesting for a bit then decided it was more fun to hang out with the boys! >.<

I have no idea what to do if all of them hatch! 24 babies?!? :th
 
WannaBeHillBilly said:
Look at this genius:
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Happy Pre-Friday to Everybody!​
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Such a smart Duckie!!!! I just want to know how you get the poop out from between your computer keys??? LOL
 
Canadian Wind said:
Hopefully they survive. I'll be keeping or selling some of the females, and males will be rehomed depending on colour.

As for getting around Momma, that was easy! I waited for her to go eat! She's also fairly good and only takes off one layer of skin if I reach in. ;)

The one in my new avatar is really interesting. Love those markings! Haven't gotten a chance to really look at them all yet, though.
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Lucky you, when i collected the eggs this afternoon, Violeta Duck ripped off my left arm and threw it into the compost…
And then i heart some quiet chirping from under her! Definitely a duckling. Or two, three,… 🤯
 
Canadian Wind said:
@WannaBeHillBilly Just peeked in the nesting box when Mom decided she wanted to partake in the afternoon corn, and two more babies.

I also managed to count how many eggs are left to hatch: 11. I believe *someone* added eggs to this nest! Probably the other chocolate hen, who was co-nesting for a bit then decided it was more fun to hang out with the boys! >.<
I have no idea what to do if all of them hatch! 24 babies?!? :th
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You could try to take over the world with your duck-army... 😜
 
Pyxis said:
Short answer is, it's sex linked recessive!

Long answer is, I wrote a whole article about it:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/breeding-for-sex-linked-ducklings.74511/
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Now that begins to make sense! - Some time ago if found my Buff Orpington drake Erpelchen beaten up pretty bad, ruffled up plumage, missing feathers, swollen eyes, the whole package… 😲
I had no clue what happened, but after looking into the table in your article, there are only two ways how this duckling could have been created: Erpelchen must have mated with one of the Black Swedish ducks - and got caught in the act by Ralphie Dux, the Black Swedish drake... ☠
Ralphie is twice the size of Erpelchen.
 

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