Call duck color ?'s - Please help :)

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Ok, I have a chance to get a pair of 2 year old nutmeg call ducks. If I cross them with my greys, would I just get a mixed up duck
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or would I get a grey with a single dilution gene? I know Nutmeg isn't a recognized color for calls, but I think it's pretty, and I'm not into showing. Obviously I would tell people the ducklings could carry a dilution gene. Also, he is asking $50 for the pair... Is that a fair price? Thanks!!
 
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Hi 19

I don't understand what nutmeg is? Do they go by another recognisable name? Are there any pics of nutmeg ducks here? I will do a search & see what comes up. The colours you get from crossing the two could vary, depending on genes involved.

Cheers
 
Don't feel bad, I didn't get a response on my blue butterscotch post either. I have heard of them before but do not know anything about them. They do just like look like a different color grey so if you breed them you may get grey split to nutmeg. However if they breed like the blue fawn and you get different colors out of the same clutch you may get something like half grey or half nutmeg. I am only guessing here. I hope one of the call duck experts can help you out better, I just figured I would help out and bump the post.
The best way to tell if that is a fair price is to just look at the birds. See if they have a nice small body, small bill and nice round head. I am not too sure how familiar you are with calls, but after a little while you can tell which birds are a better quality. If you don't buy them let me know, I might have to get them.
I also found this site: http://wonderswaterfowl.com/6.html maybe you could ask them, it would be a start if no one else chimes in. Good luck.
 
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That's actually the same site I had found. I had read on there that it is a brown dilution gene that changes the grey color to nutmeg... If that's the case I would get splits, and also nutmeg from future generations, as far as I can tell.

Here's the ad from craigs list. They are located in NJ, and the guy can't do pictures
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I talked to him over the phone and he sounded very knowledgeable on the waterfowl. He even gave me advice on hatching out my silkie ducks! I guess I should just cal him back and ask. I wanted to try on here first though, in order to get a non-biased opinion
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http://southjersey.craigslist.org/grd/1674151410.html

Thanks for the responses!

Also, Blue butterscotch sounds like it would be a gorgeous color!!
 
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Back again. Did a google serch & found pics of ducklings and they appear to be nothing more than wild-type mallards with added sex-linked recessive brown dilution. If that is the case, then colours produced will depend on the sex of the adults you purchase. If the male is nutmeg & female grey then all female progeny will be nutmeg (d/-) & all male progeny will appear grey but be split for brown dilution (d/D+). But if the male is grey & female is nutmeg, then all ducklings will be grey, with male progeny again split for brown dilution.

But remember that other factors (eg hidden heterozygous recessives) may also exist that can influence/alter colour outcomes of the young, & I have assumed that your nutmeg is what I would call a brown mallard & I could have this wrong.

Happy breeding
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Yeah, I think Nutmeg is just a fancy name for brown
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Both the male and female in the pair that I am looking at are Nutmeg in color, so I would assume all ducklings would be nutmeg from this pair? In order for the parents to be nutmeg, they would have to have 2 dilution genes, correct? I'm trying to understand this the way I do with horses... Probably apples and oranges right?
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Dont want to steal your thread but I as well have a genetic color breeding question. I have Snowy Calls can I breed them with any other color. White? Gray?
 
Hi,

Nutmegs came out as a mutation of regular Gray calls, they carry a Brown gene . I would get a hold of Brice Wonders(Wonders Waterfowl) and get all the Nutmeg info from him. Next time I talk to him I'll ask him about the genetics of them again.

Wil
 

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