SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Page 7

Color breeding is so complex... I'm just halfway through that chapter on the Storey's Guide to ducks. Phase genes.... dilutent... pattern genes O_o
Getting blues is one of the least of your worries as a swedish breeder! haha! Chasing the coloring is probably why so many swedish are so far from the breed standard like OregonBlue talks about.

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!! looks kinda shy???

i must have skipped over this! 
thank you for this post its still very confusing but i get a little bit better of a grasp

So here is a swedish related question. I picked from the hatchery choice straight run mix at the feed store: 2 fluffs with yellow bibs and powder blue feathers, 1 striped rouen, and one black with black bill, black feet, and a dusty yellow bib. I assumed that the latter was a black swedish, BUT she has always been a little smaller than the blue swedish (more in common with the rouen than the two blues.) They've got their juvenile feathers in now, and she's green black with a small white star on her chest instead of a bib... I'm starting to wonder if she's actually a mismarked cayuga and not a swedish, as I know that can happen. She's also got a different body shape-- where the blue swedish are long like a dragon boat, she's shaped more like a tugboat!
I'll try to get pics up soon for perusal, but I've got to catch her first! LOL

Edit: they *are* still babies though. They all look like gawky teenagers.

Evelle - a blue drake will give you blue offspring no matter which colour duck he is mated to. If all your ducks are blue I'd get a drake that has good size, type and markings. Choose one with no brown in the feathers. But it won't matter much if he is black, blue or silver. Remind me - what colour are your ducks?

Dusky Beauty - Swedish should not be too long. They should be rather short in the body compared to other breeds. They should have a deep, wide chest. This gives the appearence of being a bit shorter too. A chunky but tidy looking duck.

ohhh uh oh my apoligize HE is hansome
thats just horrable.. good for you coming to his rescue!!
i wish i could find some one who doesnt want a blue drake LOL

70%cocoa :

Evelle - a blue drake will give you blue offspring no matter which colour duck he is mated to. If all your ducks are blue I'd get a drake that has good size, type and markings. Choose one with no brown in the feathers. But it won't matter much if he is black, blue or silver. Remind me - what colour are your ducks?

Dusky Beauty - Swedish should not be too long. They should be rather short in the body compared to other breeds. They should have a deep, wide chest. This gives the appearence of being a bit shorter too. A chunky but tidy looking duck.

mine are all really good looking blues well IMO so i could get a black drake and still get 25% blue?

With a black drake to blue hens, you would get 50 %blue 50% black and with a blue drake to blue hens you will get 50% blues, 25% silver and 25% blacks....

What Duckgirl said Some people say that a black bird will help keep the blue nice and rich. I'm not sure about that but personally I'd go for a black drake anyway.