I understand what you thinking about but this "Tortora" is different to silver. For example she where almost all white as younger and the light brown started with an spot in the neck. She also have the same colors as sepia in bill, claws and legs.I will post an new picture when she is a little...
Hi,the name is from A. Taibel in Italy who described this genetic variant in year 1961. Sepia, called "Faiogeno", F gene toghether with the blue = Fumo. I have called it "Fume" (translation from fumo) and in the book poultry ang genetics (editor Crawford) called it "smoky grey". Faiogeno with...
Very nice pictures Bleenie/Keeper and Thank God this thread still going on.
Faiogeno ducklings
Blue Barred Drake (not so barred now)
Pied duckling with good spirit and blue eyes
houndit: Thanks! She is an silver "pied" girl.
spectrumranch: Wow, a lot of very beautiful/interesting birds in your house!
...and Bleenie Yours are also nice
keeperofthehearth: Yepp, even I think she going to be black but the pattern/colors have been different for her and 5 sisters. More dark than usual and an very wave like pattern on some with an brown undertone...
The 3 barred are in fact getting more brown on chest when they are getting older...
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Well, only the drake in second picture is blue barred. The last picture show blue drakes with no barring. Mother is an nice blue hen with rather dark head but in fact white headed. The father is an light brown/barred/pied drake. It´s rare with solid colors in Sweden and almost all...
Goat_Walker: Thanks, I like them a lot
The barred females are about 4 month old now and the brown color have become more distinct with the time. I will trie to post an update photo of them in this week. Even the blue barred male have got an browner chest.. I think they are not common elsewhere...
I love this thread
Here is some of mine muscovies.
*Barred*
Rippled ??
Silver ??
Blue (fawn or lilac??)
Is there somebody out there wich have an good picture of an mixed barred/rippled (loonie muscovy) I would love to see this type. Very hard to find picture on the Internet even if...