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Ohhhh my goodness....I didnt even realize the little guy on the bottom!!!! I was mesmerized with the beautiful one above. What kind is it?? I love the coloring! The little one is so cute, I want to steal them both! What kind is it? Call I assume?
They're both call ducks - the one is older by about two and a half weeks (he grew fast!!) The little one I wasn't sure would make it - had some issues at hatch, but is doing great. Got another one from the same mama hatching right now - is a small egg, too, so is gonna be another tiny one. The older duckie was bigger at hatch - the egg was bigger, these two (Spiffy and the new one trying to hatch) are from eggs that are a little smaller than my chicken eggs.
Squishy is from a blue pair (look like blue swedish, only in a call duck) and the tiny one is from the same blue drake and a khaki colored mama.
I had to look three times this morning to find my tiny one in the brooder bin, she is so small, the other chicks hide her well.
I am hoping to get my brooder coop done/opened very soon so I can lessen the crowding in here. I'm building runs onto my other coops down the hill, and turning my original coop into the brooder coop - it is more draft free and better for babies. Once the runs are done, I can move the big chickens out and the babies in.
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