Breeding a black bibbed call duck to a snowy??

PrinceSandwich

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Nov 11, 2009
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I'm going to be breeding my black bibbed call drake to a friends snowy call hen. Does any one know what I'll get?
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What you'll get is one big mess, LOL. You'll have lots of mismarked birds, especially in the F2 generation. In the first generation, a lot depends also on the colors the Black Bibbed bird has "under" the black. The Mallard pattern of the Snowy you will see in the first generation, but not the Snowy since it is recessive. Generally speaking, the cross you are thinking of doing is not one that most breeders would do. Generally, it is better to breed similar colors/patterns to similar colors/patterns. For example, you could breed the extended black based colors together- Black, Blue, Bibbed, etc... or the Wild Mallard colors together- Grey, Blue Fawn, Pastel, etc....

With Black Bibbed to Snowy, there is almost no telling what all you will get really.
 

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