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Purplefrog, I hate to rain on the parade here, but unless this guy is in some sort of an eclipse molt, he does not show the Appleyard male color. Usually in many color varieties, drakes in eclipse will revert to female coloration and this is not the case here. I am on a different computer and so I don't have a picture of one of my drakes on here, but on my Appleyard page at http://dulcimyrhducks.zxq.net/silapyard.htm you can see one of my males in full nuptial plumage at a show this fall.
Now, I have so far only had one of my drakes in a partial eclipse so far due to their age...they went very quickly from duckling fuzz to full color, with very little eclipse, as they were late ducklings from last year...but even then I saw evidence of the patterning. The green heads became quickly apparent as well. This male of mine shown has gone BV and RV at several shows this fall.
What you have here puts me in mind of a dusky; what color of dusky, I am not sure, but I'm going to make a wild hair guess here and say blue fawn because I am not that familiar with duskies and have never seen one in person. Very little is published on them. However, if that were true and you do have a true dusky pattern anything, you would be luckier than if you have an Appleyard because duskies are VERY rare in North America, and it's my understanding that they can be used as foundation to produce other colors.
He's a nice looking duck, I'd keep showing his picture around and see what other people have to say...he's sure interesting!
Yeah, purplefrog, what she said.
See how nicely I crawfished out of that?
He does have decent conformation and if he IS a dusky, purplefrog, that would be AWESOME for you.
duckluck-his coloration is similar to my Butterbean, isn't it? His head looks more brown that green, doesn't it?
Well, I think his head looks to be too dark of a blue for a Butterscotch. The Butters I have seen be this dark in the head are also usually darker in the body, but still not this uniform in color. He reminds me more of a Khaki but with a blue head. At least that is how it appears on my end, but not all browsers display colors the same on every computer.
I didn't mean to imply that I think he is in an eclipse molt, Walt...I don't think so. What I was trying to say is, it would be the only way I would think a color that I am more familiar with *could* look this way. But I don't think this is an eclipse molt...that would be unusual at this time of the year and he appears to have too much "bloom" on him for that. Ducks I have seen in eclipse usually have a rather dull appearance about them and they just don't look right somehow, like they're not quite here or there. I really think this guy is showing his true color right now.
Purplefrog, I am finding that the NCBA site is offline at the moment, but if you go on there later to the Store section and look up the posters of the varieties, there might be some info on there to be had...they have a lot of the unusual UK colors on those that we don't often get to see.
Purplefrog, I hate to rain on the parade here, but unless this guy is in some sort of an eclipse molt, he does not show the Appleyard male color. Usually in many color varieties, drakes in eclipse will revert to female coloration and this is not the case here. I am on a different computer and so I don't have a picture of one of my drakes on here, but on my Appleyard page at http://dulcimyrhducks.zxq.net/silapyard.htm you can see one of my males in full nuptial plumage at a show this fall.
Now, I have so far only had one of my drakes in a partial eclipse so far due to their age...they went very quickly from duckling fuzz to full color, with very little eclipse, as they were late ducklings from last year...but even then I saw evidence of the patterning. The green heads became quickly apparent as well. This male of mine shown has gone BV and RV at several shows this fall.
What you have here puts me in mind of a dusky; what color of dusky, I am not sure, but I'm going to make a wild hair guess here and say blue fawn because I am not that familiar with duskies and have never seen one in person. Very little is published on them. However, if that were true and you do have a true dusky pattern anything, you would be luckier than if you have an Appleyard because duskies are VERY rare in North America, and it's my understanding that they can be used as foundation to produce other colors.
He's a nice looking duck, I'd keep showing his picture around and see what other people have to say...he's sure interesting!
Yeah, purplefrog, what she said.
See how nicely I crawfished out of that?
He does have decent conformation and if he IS a dusky, purplefrog, that would be AWESOME for you.
duckluck-his coloration is similar to my Butterbean, isn't it? His head looks more brown that green, doesn't it?
Well, I think his head looks to be too dark of a blue for a Butterscotch. The Butters I have seen be this dark in the head are also usually darker in the body, but still not this uniform in color. He reminds me more of a Khaki but with a blue head. At least that is how it appears on my end, but not all browsers display colors the same on every computer.
I didn't mean to imply that I think he is in an eclipse molt, Walt...I don't think so. What I was trying to say is, it would be the only way I would think a color that I am more familiar with *could* look this way. But I don't think this is an eclipse molt...that would be unusual at this time of the year and he appears to have too much "bloom" on him for that. Ducks I have seen in eclipse usually have a rather dull appearance about them and they just don't look right somehow, like they're not quite here or there. I really think this guy is showing his true color right now.
Purplefrog, I am finding that the NCBA site is offline at the moment, but if you go on there later to the Store section and look up the posters of the varieties, there might be some info on there to be had...they have a lot of the unusual UK colors on those that we don't often get to see.
