Ancona and magpie marked Call Duck Thread!

casportpony said:

Thanks, I did not know this. Could you or some of the other explain what leakage is?

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chickens really said:

I know but she is not blue is any form of colour..It's actually Charcoal and then Black..Sent picture to breeder here and they call her Charcoal and black Magpie..I know I shouldn't of posted her...

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Pyxis said:

I had a gorgeous silver magpie named Cupcake:

I just set more eggs from the same breeder so I'm hoping to get more magpies

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learycow said:

"charcoal" isn't a color. It's a made up name for a color. Like how some people like to call lilac "mauve".
Blue is a dilution of black and that's what your duck is. The black bleed through is common on blue ducks in any breed.

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learycow said:

Blue is a dilution of black. So some blues (any breed that comes in blue) can have black leakage. This is where black feathers sneak through the blue.

With anconas, you also find chocolate leakage in lilacs and sometimes lavenders also

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WVduckchick said:

I'm never going to learn all the call colors!

Always called Bacardi a silver, but he looks pretty close to blue magpie?? or silver magpie??
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learycow said:

So cute! looks like a silver with rusting

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WVduckchick said:

I'm never going to learn all the call colors!

Always called Bacardi a silver, but he looks pretty close to blue magpie?? or silver magpie??
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WVduckchick said:

A hawk got him back in March. But I'm sure some of his offspring just hatched, as one of my hens was already making her nest at the time I lost him.

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