Ancona Ducks: Breeding for Colour

[Knightlight]

Im looking into breeding my Anconas, but want to know what duckling colours to expect, well, kinda expect possibly. At least a general direction.

What crosses throw what colours?
My group is very small, just 2 hens and 1 drake.
The drake is a Black and the hens are a Black and a Lavender.
Black x Black will obviously throw Black, but could they be hiding recessive genes and throw others?

What about Black x Lavender?

I know Black is dominant, and that a Black x Chocolate crossing will give all black ducklings or that a Chocolate x Black cross will give sex linked ducklings.
Past this I cant find much information.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

I found a chart on this hatchery website that has a list of all (except tricolor) Ancona color breeding combinations and the possible colors you can get from them. It's been really helpful for me, and the breeder I got my Anconas from said it looks accurate from her experience. So far it's matched with the duck color calculator too.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

I found a chart on this hatchery website that has a list of all (except tricolor) Ancona color breeding combinations and the possible colors you can get from them. It's been really helpful for me, and the breeder I got my Anconas from said it looks accurate from her experience. So far it's matched with the duck color calculator too.

Here's screenshots of the actual chart in case you don't want to download the pdf.

 

[Knightlight]

Here's screenshots of the actual chart in case you don't want to download the pdf.

This is exactly what Ive been looking for!! Thank you!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

This is great info. I'm still trying to figure out how the eggs I got from three black and one brown hen and a black drake produced a white duck.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

This is exactly what Ive been looking for!! Thank you!

No problem, I'm glad it helps!

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

This is great info. I'm still trying to figure out how the eggs I got from three black and one brown hen and a black drake produced a white duck.

The white gene is recessive, so if both parents were carrying it without showing it then the baby could be white.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

That must be what happened. She's also a huge duckling. I named her Duckzilla

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

That must be what happened. She's also a huge duckling. I named her Duckzilla

What a great name!