Blue-Laced-Red ducklings! *PICS at last!*

[sparkles2307]

I cant breed them tho, they are brothers and sisters. But I am going to try to find another saxony and breed it to my new rouen and then cross THOSE offspring with these. The mother of these is a rouen, and she has a funky pouch or ridge running down her chest all the way to her tail... and one of her daughters has it but not the other one. I dont like the look of it aestheically...I am going to try not using the daughter with the ridge in breeding to get rid of that trait.

 

[Cetawin]

They are gorgeous. I love the lacing.

 

[TK Poultry]

sure you can breed them together their is a linebreeding thread around here somewhere couldnt find the thread

 

[sparkles2307]

Well as far as in-breeding vs. line-breeding...with our cattle herd we consider it LINE-breeding when father is bred to daughter, and mother to son. But its considered IN-breeding when the siblings are bred. I guess I was applying the same rules to my birds as DH uses with our angus...

 

[Goat_Walker]

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What breed did you say those were? they look almost just like mine!!

 

[rainplace]

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I thought it was the same for ducks too... am I wrong?

 

[Goat_Walker]

 

[FenDruadin]

Those are very pretty ducks!

I would be very interested in reading the line-breeding thread, if anyone can find it and post a link. I am going to need to know this stuff since I'm planning to breed... Also, recommendations on good poultry/duck breeding books & resources?

Thanks!

And thanks for the pics--they are gorgeous.

 

[CityChicker]

You can inbreed and line breed ducks, just as pretty much any animals as far as i know. I usually do *not* do it though for no good reason other than it creeps me out. It is a very useful tool though if you are trying to establish a rare variety or accentuate a positive trait.

 

[sparkles2307]

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What breed did you say those were? they look almost just like mine!!

They are Saxony/Rouen