Hi Sandor
Yes on a closer look your male is very interesting - could you be on the way to breeding a grey blue mandarin similar to the american carolinas - that would be a very exciting bird to breed - good luck !
I presently have two pairs of the darker carolina - i will try and get some pictures of the ducks - the mandarins in the pictures by silver carolina are lovely - very nice colour equally as nice as mine at home - again I will try and get pictures of the ducks
Sandar
Again with the carolina we have been breeding for darker colours from the orginal white(silver) these are in fact dark silvers and breed very consitently darker birds . The carolinas are further down the line than the silver and are now very different from the orignal colour. Blonde...
These are basically white mandarins that have been selected for colour - Myself and a friend of over the past 5 years been selecting darker marked birds and now get consitently darker birds - we call them dark silvers - they are very beautiful and we have found the colour stays good all the way...
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Thank you for your coments - in fairness I havent really noticed much difference, but than I no longer keep any wild colour Baikail to compare them with
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In the UK we have several colours in Fulvous including -Blonde , Champagne and Silver -the silver are quite rare and very beautiful ,I will try and get a picture posted . I will try and get some more pictures of the dark carolinas and mandarin females this weekend
Bill
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My Harlequins came from Peter Kooy in Holland - he has some lovely birds and can normally get what you want and I have always had top quality birds from him. In the US try Mike Lubbolk at Sylvan Heights I am sure he will be able to point you in the right direction . Harlequins whilst not...
Thank you for the kind comments - I am based in the Midlands in the Uk . I have been very interested in mutations for some years . The Mandarins are what we call silver but I have been breeding for a good colour for a long time . The Carolinas are again silver but we have been breeding for much...