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Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: lisa123 on June 24, 2010, 16:10

Title: pickie of new duckling
Post by: lisa123 on June 24, 2010, 16:10: miracle duckling so we have named her or he lcd lucky duckie. lol another one is trying to pipe so more pickies to follow.
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Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: joyfull on June 24, 2010, 17:44: How cute is that - what breed of duck is he/she? :)
Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: lisa123 on June 24, 2010, 18:06: ;) hmm well the dad is a alysbury and the mother is a cayuga, so she/he is a cross, just checked and the other one is pipping through. these eggs where put under and the bantam never really botherd or so we thought and suprise we have one and one on way, then hopefully more due around the 14th of july. how sweet. love them. :D
Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: Pretty Chick on June 24, 2010, 19:41: He/she is so sweet Lisa :). Love his/her name 8) :D
Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: lisa123 on June 25, 2010, 09:09: :) well this is the second one hatching
(http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad15/lisa123__2009/Image012.jpg)
then out she pops
(http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad15/lisa123__2009/Image035.jpg)
she/he is soo tired
(http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad15/lisa123__2009/Image037.jpg)
finally with her sibling
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Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on June 27, 2010, 02:26: Does the second have the same parentage? I've never seen an all White Cayuga cross. Mine only ever have little white bibs. :D
Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: lisa123 on June 27, 2010, 14:53: hi there yeah she does. the last hatch i had one was half brown and the other two were yellow who turned out to be the alysbury white. ::)
Title: Re: pickie of new duckling
Post by: LittleRedHen on June 27, 2010, 20:12: How it's darling!