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The Butterscotch Calls are lovely! Are they the same color genes as the Saxonys?

Here's a question that interests me.... how do you tell the laying percentage of an individual in a flock? How do you get trap laying information on a duck that will lay anywhere in the yard or house? I know you can up the laying percentage in your flock as a whole, the Metzger's website has...

Yes, I read that. Now I'm going to have to go sort out the color genes with my handy dandy "Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks" and see what I have to work with. I do find my Saxonys don't have the wide body build the Appleyards do. He might have found a better body type in the Rouens, or he...

Quote: You mght contact Josh Snyder at Snyder Waterfowl. He bred the original Blue Creams. Since importing/exporting is very hard (and he's up here in canada), he might help you 're-develope' the variety. I don't know, but you could if you wanted to. I didn't even know they existed! Ok, I...

Well, I don't have a line of blue/cream Appleyards, I lost that drake and he was GORGEOUS before I could get an Appleyard to breed him to! I have one now and will have to start over to try to reproduce him. *sigh* If I'm going to breed ducks anyways, and I figure I will because I enjoy ducklings...

Spiral breeding is a form of linebreeding, yes. I'm on my way out the door, but I'm sure you'll get a good explanation! As for a strain or bloodline, wouldn't it have to breed true to the characteristics you want for 5 generations before you'd call it "pure" and not just a mix? Just my...

Quote: Reggie (Larry's father) was half Magpie and the other half is clove, a Welsh Harlequin/Khaki Campbell cross. Clove has a wild type gene in there too, which is surprising in a Wh/Khaki cross, but those were the only two ducks my friend had. Clove: I'm not sure why Reggie was so big...

Quote: I was going to ask too! I don't know yet what I will breed for this coming year. It won't be pure Appleyards, I lost my drake. I'm thinking of getting Welsh Harlequins to breed on, I do like them a lot and miss the girls. I'm also wanting to get an Ancona drake or ducklings and breed...