Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

[elsfieldchickens]

yes i live in the UK he has been breeding them and other waterfowl for 30 years

 

[Buck Oakes]

Sky ( my white baby mandarin) is doing great this morning with the call duckling

 

[elsfieldchickens]

Here they are.

 

[Buck Oakes]

Very cute! I wish I could get a picture of mine but Sky's way to skittish

 

[Buck Oakes]

If Sky ends up being a male and i get an adult female ( about 8 weeks from now) will they make crossed babies, or have some white babies and some regular babies?

 

[TheYeldman]

They white gene is reccesive so if you have two whites all the babies will be white, whereas if you have one wild and one white all will be wild but will all have the potential to have white babies. If you breed a white and a duck that has been bred from a white and a wild then you will get 50:50 white and wild. Hope that makes sense

 

[Buck Oakes]

Makes perfect sense

Thanks

 

[Buck Oakes]

How did blonde and apricot come into the color pool?

 

[TheYeldman]

I have no clue! Haha

 

[TheYeldman]

Also, the little baby that was hatching after the rest died after it hatched but the other eight with the mum are doing fine.

there she is with them. They're different sizes so think they may have hatched at different times