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can you show us some pictures of your ducks?

please read it again. It is impossible for the duck to have the gene unless it has a crest.

no, that is only if you breed a crested duck to a non-crested duck.

I did not provide that link. Here is the correct information. What is pertinent to this conversation is BOLDED http://www.metzerfarms.com/Articles/CrestedDucksUnusualBrains.pdf Also this: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_duck_(breed)

I explained it to you in the quote from another source. If the duck doesn't have a crest, it can not "carry" the gene as is stated on that farm website you provided.

:( Also spreading misinformation about the gene.

I think the fact that this person finds it fun and exciting shows their clear misunderstanding of the gene. Why did you post this again after I had already replied to it?

http://www.metzerfarms.com/Articles/CrestedDucksUnusualBrains.pdf Also this: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_duck_(breed)

That's contrary to everything I've ever known about genetics or the crested gene.

the gene is dominant. It is not a recessive gene. If the duck does not have a crest, then it does not have the crested gene.

Who said anything about separating them? You can eat the eggs from her, if it's a her, but don't hatch her eggs. You say she had a poof on her head when she hatched, that's the crest on ducklings. Take all of the eggs from them, if they go broody (siting on nest all the time with only short...

replied in your other thread :)

are they the same breed?

Just don't breed crested ducks, you will get rid of the gene (for the most part) If the Ducks don't have a crest, they don't carry the gene itself. But it could crop up if breeding closely (incest)

I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. Have you looked up the crested gene yet? That will probably answer all your questions.

before you decide to breed this crested duckling, I recommend researching about the gene and its lethal form. I won't breed crested ducks for just this reason, not worth it for a birth deformity that severely inhibits the integrity of the lines.

there is a welsh harlequin thread, but they change appearance a LOT before full grown. Listen to your duck's quacks, that's the best way to tell boy from girl at this age

Think this girl is a blue swedish. The people I got her from picked her out of a duck bin at Atwoods. Would this be splash?