Abacot and Silver (Spotty and Snowy) Call duck Thread - Genetics, etc...

[casportpony]

Great, just drop me a message on this page when you’ve been able to!!

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...a_entry_requirements/sa_avian/ct_poultry_eggs

 

[MillersFarm]

Any more photos? From what I can see, the silver line needs work but silvers are really hard to get right. The abacots look good, certainly the duck, but if you could send more photos I can confirm this.

The silver is one of my projects. she's "Homemade" Silver calls aren't very common around where I live and are very hard to acquire. She has some flaws, But she's one of my best. She has some pastel, snowy(Abacot) and white call in her. Right now i'm trying to breed out the tints of brown from her head. Her size is perfect, nice round body too. Think i'll breed her to a more show quality white drake to shorten the length of her bill. been on the lookout for any silver drakes or hatching eggs to buy. Silver calls also have black bills/legs here in the US so I might breed her offspring to a blue drake, see what I get out of that. As for the abacot(snowys) they're not my main focus right now. So they're a little bigger in size and have larger bills. Working on breeding grey calls and breeding out the bib on my black calls so I can have a nice stock pure black calls. My main duck i'll be using for breeding is a lovely quality, she has a bit of brown leakage under her bill but i'm hoping she'll give me some black calls without any bibs.

But like I stated before my greys are my main focus right now. I've already got a very lovely pair of greys, Just waiting for the duck to start laying so I can start popping in some eggs in the incubator.

 

[Upper Brook House Farm]

Which countries are designated free of END?

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...a_entry_requirements/sa_avian/ct_poultry_eggs

 

[casportpony]

Which countries are designated free of END?

The link I provided has a link to that.

 

[Upper Brook House Farm]

If I’m correct, as we are free from Newcastle Disease, we are able to import without quarantine. Is that correct?

The link I provided has a link to that.

 

[Upper Brook House Farm]

The mallard calls are nice. What other colours do you do? Any pictures?

The silver is one of my projects. she's "Homemade" Silver calls aren't very common around where I live and are very hard to acquire. She has some flaws, But she's one of my best. She has some pastel, snowy(Abacot) and white call in her. Right now i'm trying to breed out the tints of brown from her head. Her size is perfect, nice round body too. Think i'll breed her to a more show quality white drake to shorten the length of her bill. been on the lookout for any silver drakes or hatching eggs to buy. Silver calls also have black bills/legs here in the US so I might breed her offspring to a blue drake, see what I get out of that. As for the abacot(snowys) they're not my main focus right now. So they're a little bigger in size and have larger bills. Working on breeding grey calls and breeding out the bib on my black calls so I can have a nice stock pure black calls. My main duck i'll be using for breeding is a lovely quality, she has a bit of brown leakage under her bill but i'm hoping she'll give me some black calls without any bibs.
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But like I stated before my greys are my main focus right now. I've already got a very lovely pair of greys, Just waiting for the duck to start laying so I can start popping in some eggs in the incubator.View attachment 1623542 View attachment 1623543

 

[shawluvsbirds]

View attachment 1623480 Here we are. I’ve attached it.

This is the standard of which color?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I am thoroughly confused.

 

[Upper Brook House Farm]

That’s a blue fawn.

This is the standard of which color?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I am also confused by the name "spotty"
When you say spotty do you mean spot? Or spotted?