Albino Rouen Drake

[jruhle]

I have to say, he looks like a white Rouen to me! He's beautiful! Just a genetic mutation he recieved from one of his parents. Like white appleyards.

 

[destinduck]

Hate to say it TwinMama and definitely dont want to argue about it. But they are 100% not pure rouens. As nurse turtle also pointed out . That dark one may turn into a drake but colors dont lie. There is most assured mixing in that families genes. Yes you can have a white in any type duck. Even a mix. We have 3 wild white mallards that frequent the harbour. Nice ducks though.

 

[Moochie]

Is there really a such thing as a white rouen? If so I want one lol >.> (not really I kind of want blue ducks to add into future breeding) He doesn't look albino to me... But I'd have to look at him closer. He just looks like a skipped generation of something or 'nother.

 

[TwinMama2x]

From what I've read, albinism is very common in birds and there is documentation of white rouens. I know they are not a mixed breed. My flock came from local breeders. Freddie is the result of my first natural hatch. I have people ask that a lot about them being mixed but when they see them in person, they realize that Freddie really is a rouen. I have eggs incubating now and am fairly confident we will get a white one again. We had 2 but one died before hatch (Freddie survived).

 

[featheredfashions]

Where in the world did u get a duck diaper o.o and cute duck

Hi, Was directed here by a friend who thought maybe I should come by and let you know that I also make duck/goose diapers. You can check out the fan page here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Feathered-Fashions/166728153405273 Or the website here: http://fashionmyfeathers.com/ Hope your little one is doing great!

 

[TwinMama2x]

I have a friend who has two children that are albino (though to be politically correct, we are supposed to say "child with Albinism"). That's why I know so much about it. I don't want to seem like I am disregarding those who don't believe Frederick is albino or dismiss him as mixed breed. But he truly isn't. There are NO other domestic ducks in my town. No wild ducks can get near the girls as the drakes are VERY protective of their "harem". They sleep in the hen house at night. I wish there was somewhere I could have genetic testing done to prove he is truly 100% rouen.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

I have a friend who has two children that are albino (though to be politically correct, we are supposed to say "child with Albinism"). That's why I know so much about it. I don't want to seem like I am disregarding those who don't believe Frederick is albino or dismiss him as mixed breed. But he truly isn't. There are NO other domestic ducks in my town. No wild ducks can get near the girls as the drakes are VERY protective of their "harem". They sleep in the hen house at night. I wish there was somewhere I could have genetic testing done to prove he is truly 100% rouen.

Couldn't there be a teeny chance that maybe before you got them the hens were introduced to a different male? Or have you had them long enough that any sperm from previous males would be out of her system?
He has too much pigment, IMO, to be a albino. And from what I've heard a lot of waterfowl have blue eyes, esp. if their white, even if not albino.

I know I don't belong here, I'm not a duck person but albinism interests me.

OMG thank you, a diaper would be amazing!! And i know theirs a form of albinoism where its known a a pibald, still has some color like the eye but otherwise white

Thats luecism Its where theres a LACK of pigment but theres still pigment. Along with melanism which is too much pigment.
(Leucistic deer)

(Melanistic squirrel)

 

[animalz11]

CONGRADULATIONS!

You my friend have just created/discovered a new breed of duck!

... maybe he's a Pekin in discuise.

 

[petjem]

Quote:

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source : http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Albinism+in+birds

this is supposed to be an albino

 

[Domesticducks]

Hi
You have a white duck it has two recessive C genes one from both mum and dad an albino has pink eyes you got two in the same hatch you will get one in eight an albino is one in many 1000s if not bread from albinos. So sorry but its white from cross breeds not Rouens. pure breed Rouens don,t cary white genes.

Ann