this pretty yellow baby

[SureIsSweetTho]

This is the view through my office window more or less. The feral ducks are fond of my yard and have several batches of eggs here yearly, always different moms. I don't feed them or anything, they just like it here. Anyway they're always gold and brown, with a gold belly, and about 90% have gold around the eyes, and the other 10% have a solid brown head. Well this lady here has a solid gold baby following her around. I've probably seen 300 babies out this window over the years, and I don't think I've ever seen one like this. Just a little bit of brown at the end of its tail but solid gold.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Aren't they beautiful

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

This is the view through my office window more or less. The feral ducks are fond of my yard and have several batches of eggs here yearly, always different moms. I don't feed them or anything, they just like it here. Anyway they're always gold and brown, with a gold belly, and about 90% have gold around the eyes, and the other 10% have a solid brown head. Well this lady here has a solid gold baby following her around. I've probably seen 300 babies out this window over the years, and I don't think I've ever seen one like this. Just a little bit of brown at the end of its tail but solid gold.

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They are beautiful

 

[ruthhope]

This is Daffy rescued at 1-2 days old last July and him now. [His missing chest feathers were removed by a naught pekin: it looks like they are coming back in as black and white.]

He was a chocolate barred at 16 weeks but his barring has gone from everywhere except his belly and back hidden by his wings. I think your golden fluffy will be a chocolate barred, too

 

[ruthhope]

This is Daffy rescued at 1-2 days old last July and him now. [His missing chest feathers were removed by a naught pekin: it looks like they are coming back in as black and white.]

He was a chocolate barred at 16 weeks but his barring has gone from everywhere except his belly and back hidden by his wings. I think your golden fluffy will be a chocolate barred, too

Daffy at 16 weeks

 

[SureIsSweetTho]

Yeah it's funny watching them change. To be honest they look kinda rough there for a little while

I don't get to see them grow up though. A few moms will stick around a few days or keep coming back because I keep them a low bird bath and baby food. (Ok I lied a tiny bit about not feeding them, I do feed the babies but not the adults.) Some of them leave the same day they hatch but this lady seems to like the yard. I think I figured out they really prefer it when I don't mow the grass and let it get kind of high. It's cute watching the pittle puff balls on fresh cut grass but it seems like when I do that they don't like it and leave immediately. These babies are 3 days old and back again today. Well they were, they left again, heh. Makin the rounds.

 

[Isadora]

Oh my goodness! What sweet pictures.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’m so thankful we don’t have feral
Muscovy on our part of the river I’d be so worried about predators getting them. That’s actually how I got my first Muscovy he was in our river. Thankfully none since.