08/20/2025
Well, I'm dumbfounded πππ. Meet Hawke, as in mo-hawk. This crested call is a total surprise in the BEST way. I have fake-begrudgingly congratulated others on random crested call hatchings while less than patiently hoping, waiting, (begging) Spot, my crested Call, for crested babies. She did give me 5 beautiful Snowy so it's hard to be disappointed.
I made a road trip for a sweet crested
baby who suddenly passed about 2 weeks later which was a crushing blow for many obvious reasons.
With hatching season largely over, I resigned myself to another wait. Shipping these days is a really stressful thing for all parties including the birds and successful hatches of other breed shipped eggs has been a BUST. I do have some special grown birds coming in Sept but don't look forward to the process.
This baby is one of the last eggs I stuck in the incubator. It has been a long hatching season and i'm ready for a baby break so not a lot of anticipation of these last few eggs. Perfect zip, perfect hatch, perfect baby yesterday. I didn't even really give it too close of a look yesterday while it was settling and drying.
My love for my big ducks with crests is pretty well known. They are just happy bobble-heads you can't help but love!
Imagine my shock and surprise πππ
IT HAPPENED FOR US-A CRESTED CALL SURPRISE!
**Somebody please share in info on spontaneous crest hatches.
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