What is your guess of duckling coloration?

[cheezenkwackers]

Six ducklings were waiting for me when I arrived at school and the other two hatched a few hours later. All nine look rather similar. Some are more gold (brown gene?) others more gray (blue). I can’t really tell if anyone has a crest yet.

This one is the most “gray”.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are precious! Going home with you?

 

[cheezenkwackers]

They are precious! Going home with you?

No, they went home with my friend who has their mother.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

They are precious! Going home with you?

No, they went home with my friend who has their mother.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

So very cute. How many eggs did you start with? 9 babies is fantastic.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

So very cute. How many eggs did you start with? 9 babies is fantastic.

I believe we set 13, 1 was infertile, 2 quit early and one I thought was good was actually rotten. I have been getting pretty good hatches in my still air styrofoam incubator using an external thermostat I bought on amazon, incubating dry until the last week, and running a cool air humidifier next to the incubator. All nine eggs I locked down hatched unassisted and easily.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Wow that's really good. I am 4 out of seven with a Brinsea forced air. Every time. This time they were all fertile but three died.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Wow that's really good. I am 4 out of seven with a Brinsea forced air. Every time. This time they were all fertile but three died.

I think I have the most trouble with humidity. I have not done as well in the summer when we have really high humidity. But for winter I think having the humidifier kept them from being shrink wrapped when I took the first one out.

 

[learycow]

I see blues and lilacs.
Blue isn't a gene that's carried, its a dilution of black. So the white hen is likely a blue masked by the white. So the blues should be boys and the lilacs should be girls.
I don't see any crests

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I am trying to breed blue. Mom is Pekin must be blue underneath. All blue babies. Working on it