what color could this call duckling be?!

[quackkquack__]

Adult food like? All flock would be fine but not layer.
They are adorable. Is the one a Chocolate Call?

We have our current adult calls on an All Flock Pellet 17%, that would be fine, correct?
And I actually don't know what Lamb is! At first we thought she'd be a grey call but she was a bit darker than a normal grey call duckling and now shes much darker and she has some white spots on her neck! The person we got her from does have a chocolate call so I do hope she is a chocolate, it would be so cool!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yes all fock is really perfect and can be started from hatch on as long as you start with crumbles And you never have to change feed just add oyster shell on the side for when they begin to lay.

 

[quackkquack__]

This is Lamb's feather (better pictures, and the white spots on her neck!)

 

[Miss Lydia]

She adorable and her coloring is really nice Hopefully she'll stay chocolate they can change so much from one molt to the next.
@WVduckchick

 

[WVduckchick]

Lamb is definitely a grey. Drakes get a white ring around their neck, but it’s too early to tell that yet. Since the breeder had penciled, I’d say she has a slight penciling, causing the white on the neck. It could get more extensive as she grows out.

They are old enough now to be sexed by quack. 5-8 weeks is common for a female to start quacking. Drakes keep a raspy peep sound, females will quack loudly.

@shawluvsbirds has some good comparison videos if she gets a chance to check in.

 

[quackkquack__]

Lamb is definitely a grey. Drakes get a white ring around their neck, but it’s too early to tell that yet. Since the breeder had penciled, I’d say she has a slight penciling, causing the white on the neck. It could get more extensive as she grows out.

They are old enough now to be sexed by quack. 5-8 weeks is common for a female to start quacking. Drakes keep a raspy peep sound, females will quack loudly.

@shawluvsbirds has some good comparison videos if she gets a chance to check in.

Lamb has always had those white spots since she was a baby so I assume it'll just be some pretty white mark if she is a girl.
Here is a video of Dulce quacking, the one I thought to be a boy:

(Don't mind that the video is black, if I walked in front of Dulce, he'd/she'd stop quacking)
They have all been quacking like that at some point - which also brings me to another question.
My male snowy, Buzzard, started getting a brown chest at only 5-6 weeks old. Dulce and Doe are 5 weeks but they have a white chest, could this mean they are girls? I thought Dulce was a boy due to how he grew much faster than the others despite being younger.

Here is Buzzard at around 5 weeks:

Vs Dulce and Doe at 5 weeks:

Heres a video of them swimming too!

 

[WVduckchick]

Dulce is definitely a girl!
And I hear a girl in the swimming video too, but can’t tell which one it is

I’ve not had much luck sexing snowys by color or size at a young age. I’ve had very different looks as juveniles that eventually grow in much more similar. I have one now that I had already marked down as a boy, but I just heard her quack tonight! The voice is definitely the most reliable way to tell early on.

 

[quackkquack__]

Dulce is definitely a girl!
And I hear a girl in the swimming video too, but can’t tell which one it is

I’ve not had much luck sexing snowys by color or size at a young age. I’ve had very different looks as juveniles that eventually grow in much more similar. I have one now that I had already marked down as a boy, but I just heard her quack tonight! The voice is definitely the most reliable way to tell early on.

Oh that's good news!! I'm almost certain all of them have been quacking like that but I'll double check tomorrow.. fingers crossed!!

Ah alright! I'll listen to the other too closely tomorrow and post videos.

 

[Jlw0903]

So my first call duckling of 2024 has hatched!! She hatched last night, not even a day old yet!! Her name is Lamb She came from a seller on eBay who has two penciled, one white, one dark silver, one chocolate, one grey and one black bibbed!! I was wondering what she could end up looking like when older!! Obviously shes a little too young to tell but oh well, enjoy some cute pictures
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So freaking cute! Never seen coloring on the feets like that! I LOVE it!!

 

[quackkquack__]

Alright so I got a few videos of Doe and Lamb!

Heres Lamb:

And I know this video is only 2 seconds long but I figured I'd add it since you can hear a quack in the beginning:

And heres Doe:

Also I titled the videos wrong, they are 6 weeks old today!!

Both Lamb and Doe seem to be peeping still but every now and then theres a quack. I'm not sure if it's just their voice still coming in or if they are boys..