Ducklings for sale

[audreyspondlife]

FOR SALE
I have Welsh Harlequin, Buff Orpington and the very rare Shetland ducklings for sale. They are £6.00 each at day old and will increase for every week older until adult. There are also a few cross bred ones. Happy, healthy ducklings outside with a broody hen mum.
Bude, Cornwall

 

[dorsetduckowner]

Hiya Been trying to get hold of you to let you know how the Buff Orpington fella we got from you last year is doing.... he turned out to be a Saxony and he's very handsome and popular.

 

[audreyspondlife]

Hello,

Sorry, I've only just read your note about the Buff Orpington/Saxony!! Good to hear that he is so popular and has a lovely home too.
There were 2 or 3 which looked exactly like a Saxony and I can only think that somewhere back in their breeding there must have been Saxony. Certainly, I have never kept the breed and thought all my stock was pure - just goes to show! I have bought hatching eggs from ebay sometimes, so guess you could end up with anything. My birds all looked exactly like Buffs and won prizes etc. I wonder whether my Welsh Harlequin drake managed to get over the fence, don't know what that cross would look like........

I now keep Muscovies instead of the Buffs, having sold them to an enthusiast. Hope he doesn't end up with Saxonys........
The Muscovies (hatched this summer) are gorgeous and very friendly, so am enjoying them greatly.
Audrey