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    What colors are these Indian Runners?

    Photo from previous keepers. Its a hen, telling from her quack. So say it was the chocolate drake over blue splash mama…. would it be the choc drake that carries the mallard? Or also chance that the splash mama does too? Would a choc+mallard drake still be able to pass on autosexing when...
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    What colors are these Indian Runners?

    thank you! This helps alot. So would it be more likely that the blue drake carries the recessive mallard, or could the chocolate also? since her mama was a splash (which must be double blue, right?) that could be the source of her blue allele? Im trying to learn about breeding for color...
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    What colors are these Indian Runners?

    Aloha! I just got a flock of Indian Runners, with no info about their background genetics. i think they are blue, chocolate, lilac and 2 splash… But not sure about the tan-ish colored one with eye stripes. It had a blue-ish tone but is recently turning more brown. What color is it? The tan...
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    How-to? Improve Bill *Color* Genetics in Welsh Harlequin Ducks

    THANK YOU! Great digging, i didnt see any of those resources in my searches. Its awesome that a lab has found the bill color gene markers! I’m going to contact the Chinese lab and see if they can test or can recommend any American labs that may be able to use the Chinese gene mapping results...
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    Review by 'Ebb and Flock' in article 'Gold vs. Silver Welsh Harlequin ducks!'

    This is great! THANK YOU. Would love any info about yellow vs black bill colors in the WH… but most esp how to tell if a drake carries yellow bill genes? I posted the question in a thread...
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    How-to? Improve Bill *Color* Genetics in Welsh Harlequin Ducks

    Hi! I am breeding Welsh Harlequins with intention to improve my flock and also provide proper breed standard WH to our community. We are in Hawaii where it is truly impossible to source new or verified bloodlines (there is a duck import ban, even duck hatching eggs are banned). In my flock...
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    Review by 'Ebb and Flock' in article 'Mallard Derived Duck Color Genetics Basics'

    Thank you for this! I am looking for guidance in the genetics of bill colors (for improving my Welsh Harlequin flock). Have been searching all over for both info and genetic testing, with no results... any resources or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
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