Ancona and magpie marked Call Duck Thread!

[learycow]

Anyone have magpies, mis marked magpies, or ancona patterned calls?

Here is a place for all of us with them or interested in them to get together and discuss genetics, our ducks, etc. I know I will be looking to add some this season and should have some to sell or trade for those looking!

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I have one, can't wait to see how he looks grown up.

 

[learycow]

View attachment 1372508 View attachment 1372509 Charcoal and Black Magpie Hen...8 weeks old.

It's very common for blues to have black leakage

 

[Pyxis]

Late to this party but as I am sitting here trying to decide what color of call I want next..........SO MANY PRETTIES! I have just purchased my first calls and now I am spinning in place trying to choose the next one. The magpies are sooo cute!
I must have missed something because I don't see a pic of a charcoal in the thread? Since charcoal is technically black, is that a real color? I realize this is probably not the entire list of available colors but I generally refer to the Sherborne Ducks site to help me try and identify them. http://www.sherborneducks.co.uk/nonstandardcoloursusa.htm
Now I gotta add magpie to my list of I want MORE!

This is a great resource. The Call Duck Association also has some excellent posters that show a lot of the colors Calls come in:

http://www.callducks.org/store/c6/Posters.html

 

[Julie Birb]

Please. More pics so that I can SQUEEEEEEE!!

 

[Pyxis]

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

 

[SilksterTN]

Late to this party but as I am sitting here trying to decide what color of call I want next..........SO MANY PRETTIES! I have just purchased my first calls and now I am spinning in place trying to choose the next one. The magpies are sooo cute!
I must have missed something because I don't see a pic of a charcoal in the thread? Since charcoal is technically black, is that a real color? I realize this is probably not the entire list of available colors but I generally refer to the Sherborne Ducks site to help me try and identify them. http://www.sherborneducks.co.uk/nonstandardcoloursusa.htm
Now I gotta add magpie to my list of I want MORE!

 

[casportpony]

It's very common for blues to
have black leakage

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

 

[SilksterTN]

This is a great resource. The Call Duck Association also has some excellent posters that show all the colors Calls come in:

http://www.callducks.org/store/c6/Posters.html

oOo another page to bookmark! GAH! It really just makes it harder LOL

 

[WVduckchick]

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

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??