Call ducks

[Blue is my chicken]

Sorry I keep forgetting to write something and keep making more posts

The hen in the pictures is caramel the brahma she was injured by are male and has been seperated for over a month we are going to start reintroducing her back to the flock we will pit the cage she is in at the moment in the main flocks pen so they can have sight and sound but not touch
Also the call ducklings are 5 days old now (hatched on Tuesday)

 

[Blue is my chicken]

If you go to my post https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...t-runner-colours.1615942/page-2#post-27671159 then you can see Blossom and roadys baby pictures and their know picture (also if you have Runners then maybe you can answer my question on what colour roady is)

 

[Luv Ducks]

Out of 8 eggs 4 call ducklings hatched 2 died before hatching time and 2 had problems during hatching one was malpositioned and had a broken yoke (i wonder if it had 2 yokes) and the other had something wrong with it, their was nothing could have done and i have 5 call eggs that are on day 17
These are the ducklings spot, petunia, pip and lu lu (they hatched in that order)View attachment 3806951View attachment 3806953View attachment 3806954View attachment 3806955View attachment 3806956View attachment 3806957View attachment 3806958View attachment 3806959View attachment 3806960View attachment 3806962View attachment 3806963View attachment 3806964

Beautiful Babies!!!! The ones I got from Metzer Farms have larger bills than the ones you hatched out. They do that so that they are supposed to be able to hatch out easier since the short necks and bills make it difficult to hatch was what I understood from their description of theirs.

 

[Luv Ducks]

They do put them in the same box, but yeah, it has to be at the same time because even 2 weeks apart I had to separate them from 2 call ducklings because they were mean

I know for sure at 3 weeks that I have a drake and a Hen Call duck. The colors of the male and female Pastel colored Call ducks are totally different. The big one that I thought was a drake is getting the dark burgundy colored chest and the Hen is staying light colored. Can you tell by the colors of yours if you have Hens or Drakes? I knew I had one of each but this confirms it for sure.

 

[Nero70002]

I know for sure at 3 weeks that I have a drake and a Hen Call duck. The colors of the male and female Pastel colored Call ducks are totally different. The big one that I thought was a drake is getting the dark burgundy colored chest and the Hen is staying light colored. Can you tell by the colors of yours if you have Hens or Drakes? I knew I had one of each but this confirms it for sure.

For one no, because he's white, but for the other 2 kind of. They're not old enough to be in their full adult plumage but I think some of Lacie's head feathers are starting to be a shiny green

 

[Luv Ducks]

For one no, because he's white, but for the other 2 kind of. They're not old enough to be in their full adult plumage but I think some of Lacie's head feathers are starting to be a shiny green

All of my ducks that ever had any green on their heads were drakes. Some people though have had females with a green sheen to their heads, out of all the ones I have had though I never did. I hope that you end up with some Hens out of your group.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Luv Ducks

 

[Luv Ducks]

@Luv Ducks
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Thank you so very much Miss Lydia for sharing my Call Ducks from Metzer Farms. They are now 4 weeks old and the little girl Daisy that had such a rough start is now catching up with Donald. They will be Pastel colored once all of their feathers come in.

 

[Nero70002]

All of my ducks that ever had any green on their heads were drakes. Some people though have had females with a green sheen to their heads, out of all the ones I have had though I never did. I hope that you end up with some Hens out of your group.

yep, it’ll be 4 hens 2 call drakes

 

[Luv Ducks]

yep, it’ll be 4 hens 2 call drakes

So happy that you got that many hens!!! My little Donald is changing his voice now when I carry him away from who I think is Daisy. He sounds like he is trying to quack but it is raspy so it's probably his male voice coming in.