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eventully this year sometime im gonna try to breed for butter scotch silkie ducks (by mating a male butter scotch call to a female silkie, and try to get the coloring correct threw generations) it will take a few years though probably.

Quote: Im ing! love those crested calls!......

m.kitchengirl : I have a trio of Anconas I am waiting on to start laying (and who are quite busy practicing their mating techniques the last few months). I would like to breed my very solidly built boy to some great layers and really maximize the DP potential of the breed while maintaining...

Quote: awww. thats to bad but im sure you love your calls? any pics of them

Quote: why did you get rid of them then?!

Quote: ok so what if you introduce a new hen for new blood. do you have to start over? if not i have 1 more year and ill have my own strain of mixed:) I believe if you introduce new blood, the line is no longer pure and the 5 yrs (or gen. whichever comes first) starts over. oohh...

Quote: yes it is! And, I should clarify. It's actually 5 generations. (which is usually five yrs.) So wait. I need to hatch ducklings and keep some every time for five years? If thats the case I will never have my own lines

Quote: And I have to hatch ducklings EVERY year to do so? ill be around 20 when I can call them my own Well, if you do good, it's well worht it. {ahem $$} yes it is!

Quote: 5 yrs to be specific. And I have to hatch ducklings EVERY year to do so? ill be around 20 when I can call them my own

How exactly does one make their own lines in a breed? Just by breeding them for a few years and it becomes your lines?

Quote: Or, you could just get snowy calls. (which looks like a mini WH)

Quote: Im working on creating my own SQ welsh harlequin lines does this count? Yep, personal strains count! Yay! Lol. What are you working on?

Quote: Im working on creating my own SQ welsh harlequin lines does this count?