Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[DUCKGIRL89]

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EVELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HI!!!!!!!!!!!! I MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

hey guys, ill be right back. EVELLE! stay here! i want to chat with you when i come back

(all of you stay put

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[JulieNKC]

70%cocoa :

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Does lilac look the same in mallard derived ducks as muscovies? I goodle lilac duck and all I found were muscovies and flowers, lol.
Duckling is out of the incubator. She is moving around well enough to bowl with the quail eggs, I don't want her to knock over the goose eggs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68502_p1060778.jpg
Duckling number 2 is out of the shell. Looks black, but isn't fluffy so who knows. It has yellow stripes by his eyes.

I don't know how lilac works in Mussies but Storey's Guide says a bit about it. I'll have a read.

Ok, looking at book now. Interesting that in Storey's Guide, for Mallard derived ducks one dose of blue = lavender but two doses = lilac. It's labelled the other way round in the duck calculator (ie one dose of blue is called Lilac) . Not very helpful!! I'd say you have a duckling with one dose of blue. Not possible to have two doses if you have no duck with blue in her.

Looking at info on Muscovy lavender now. No, not at all the same as it is in Mallard derived ducks. Lavender in Mussies is formed in the same way as it is in chickens - two doses of a recessive Lavender gene combined with black.​

Well, whatever she is she's pretty lol. I'll call her lilac though, just because that's my favorite color. I'll try vent sexing them in a few days, hopefully she is a she. I am so in love with these little ducklings. I didn't realize how friendly the little guys are when you hatch them, mine have all been at least a week old when I got them. Do they stay friendly? They are both fluffy now, and moving around great. Lilac has already tried eating.

DG they both came from eggs from the same hen. My drake was only getting it right with one of the girls. Whenever I checked for bulleyes I'd only get them in 1 egg out of the 2 laid each day, just never could tell whose egg was laid by who. He was a late bloomer, lol. I have only seen him and the girls getting busy once. The girls were always all over each other though. Weirdos.

Critterrun, sounds good so far. Hope you get a good hatch this time.

 

[JulieNKC]

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Evelle- I haven't seen anything in my goose eggs yet either. I was hoping for at least one. I'm giving them a few more days to be sure though. What all do you have set?

 

[country_girl011]

off topic. butt
i vote we need a smiley like this

but with a duck in it.
or is that a duck?

kinda looks like a chick tho.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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that could be a duck or chick. looks like both!

 

[country_girl011]

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that could be a duck or chick. looks like both!

couldnt really tell.
but we need a ducky onee.
or a duck like this 1

if only someone knew how to make them.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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that could be a duck or chick. looks like both!

couldnt really tell.
but we need a ducky onee.
or a duck like this 1

if only someone knew how to make them.

I know right? it is backyard chickens so its mostly chicken stuf

 

[Evelle]

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Evelle- I haven't seen anything in my goose eggs yet either. I was hoping for at least one. I'm giving them a few more days to be sure though. What all do you have set?

6 KC ducklings and 4 emboden

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Evelle- I haven't seen anything in my goose eggs yet either. I was hoping for at least one. I'm giving them a few more days to be sure though. What all do you have set?

6 KC ducklings and 4 emboden

you set KC eggs?!