American Saxony ducks

[duck walk]

Oregon...my brother lived in Astoria for years and my son, the one with the Russian wife, is driving through today on their way to Ft. Lewis, Washington...he just graduated the Sgt. Major's Academy in El Paso Texas, got pinned with his E-9 stripes and Ft. Lewis is his next duty station...what a difference in weather from thee to me...I just got back from downtown and the temps read 99 degress on the bank ad boards...it is HOT! On my way out to chill the duck pools and spritz everyone...

 

[katharinad]

Ft. Lewis is west of the Cascades, its a difference climate from what we have as well. Cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Way more moisture and everything is so overgrown green out there. Plus all the rain they get. We have over 300 days of sunshine on the east side of the Cascades. Little to no rain. Bone dry out here. Further inland they have sand dunes, that's how dry it gets. Lot of people don't know that. We also have a lot of people moving out here that have asthma. They can get away from their illness and still have "green" pine trees to see. Mainly Ponderosa trees.
Ft. Lewis is very nice and we will be there in October selling German gift items at the Oktoberfest. It's actually Puyallup, which is only 5-10 minutes away. They have there a wonderful Oktoberfest each year. Tell him to check out www.oktoberfestnw.com This is a nice family like event with lots of fun. They have Hammerschlagen contests and Wiener Dog races. Sundays is always half price to get in, which was 4 dollars last year. They have a band from Germany besides some local bands. Really nice an not a drunken rowdiness party like in San Francisco, where they cannot find enough Police officers to handle it.

He should also go onto the east side of the Cascade where they grow Bing cherries. Can't get enough of that.

 

[CityChicker]

As far as the term "American" Saxony, I have only seen that term used a couple of places. Holderread uses it in his book to describe common colors that are like Saxony, but not exactly. He mentions a couple of examples one of which I'm almost sure was for ducks that appear to be Saxony color, but carry Buff dilution and are sometimes mismarked as true Saxony. I think he lists at least one other example, but I don't remember what it is.

Goosedragon is right though (as usual, LOL), Saxony is both a color and a breed. Genetically, it is basically light phase wild type with double blue dilution (Holderread himself though has used at least two different genotypes for Saxony over the years, but wild type plus li/li, Bl/Bl is the currently accepted genotype). Anyway, it is a rather easy color to breed for and has been bred in numerous types of ducks. I am working on developing a bantam Saxony which I may start selling next year and also have Saxony Runners (most of them bred by Holderreads). It is a beautiful color, probably my favorite! The Saxony breed is awesome too.

 

[duck walk]

Thanks Katharina...I will tell them about the Oktoberfest...I was at it in Munich in 1972...I was in the beer tent chuffing that great beer out of the big glass steins...munching those great big pretzels and wonderful white radish...when I got up to leave I discovered I had no legs...everyone I was with thought it hilarious...the beer was reeeeelly good...I would almost kill for a big stein of real German beer...I loved the climate when I lived in Munich...loved the people. the food, the shopping, the Olympics that year...it was all wonderful...

 

[trailhound]

I have a pair of Saxony ducks from Holderreads and love them. The hen hatched out clutch of eggs and is a great mom- very protective, but not mean to me.

 

[love_a_duck]

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yes, the oktoberfest "no leg" syndrome! i was afflicted as well!
i loved being stationed in germany.
beautiful country, we were in bavaria. wuerzburg.
germans are great people, very direct. i like that.
and they dealt with the foolish (young) american soldiers with grace.