Breeding for colour

[Quacking Pigeon]

I have yet another question. What would a bibbed Mallard and a blue fawn, or chocolate bibbed produce? Thanks

 

[Pyxis]

I have yet another question. What would a bibbed Mallard and a blue fawn, or chocolate bibbed produce? Thanks

If you have a bibbed mallard, then you have the recessive bibbing gene, which is pretty rare Since it's recessive, it will only pass on if both parents have it. The type of bibbing that's more common is just something that's linked to extended black.

So, bibbed mallard to blue fawn, barring the blue fawn carrying recessive bibbing will yield all non-bibbed ducklings, half mallard and half blue fawn.

To chocolate bibbed, that depends - is the chocolate male or female? The answer is either all black bibbed ducklings, OR if the chocolate is the male, all black bibbed male ducklings and chocolate bibbed female ducklings.

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

So, at this rate I’m just buying a lot of ducks. I’m planning on spending however long to breed show quality blue fawn mallards, blue fawn Aussie calls, natural pied mallards, and blue fawn pied mallards. I’m not going to be able to start working on the pied ones till next year of the following year though, until I breed a blue fawn and white runner duck.

I’m also wondering what colour these calls are. I’m pretty sure it’s a black bibbed and two blue fawn drakes? They kind of look like they have some other colours going through them though.

 

[Pyxis]

I think two blue fawns for sure. The bibbed one, that one looks more blue than black. With the dark brown, possibly some chocolate going on. It might be lilac bibbed.

 

[TomCahalan]

If you have a bibbed mallard, then you have the recessive bibbing gene, which is pretty rare Since it's recessive, it will only pass on if both parents have it. The type of bibbing that's more common is just something that's linked to extended black.

Which breeds carry the recessive bibbing gene? Btw, thank you for your color guide.

 

[Pyxis]

Which breeds carry the recessive bibbing gene? Btw, thank you for your color guide.

You're welcome

None really carry it as a rule. In fact, the only duck I've ever seen it on was a wild mallard. I've yet to see an example of it in domestics, but it does exist.

 

[Pyxis]

Scratch that, when doing research I just found an example of it in Dutch Hookbills:

So, my answer would be Dutch Hookbills, lol.

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

Which breeds carry the recessive bibbing gene? Btw, thank you for your color guide.

I know a breeder in close near me who worked on breeding bibbed mallards. I’m not quite sure what he done to selectively breed his flock that colour but he’s managed to do it.

- photo of bibbed Mallard Drake and duck from Peel Ridge Stud. www.peelridgestud.com

 

[TomCahalan]

Those are beautiful, if only they were in Ohio.

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

I think two blue fawns for sure. The bibbed one, that one looks more blue than black. With the dark brown, possibly some chocolate going on. It might be lilac bibbed.

Here’s a photo of the blue bibbed drake.

By breeding him to a chocolate bibbed duck what colour would that produce? If he was a normal blue bibbed I’m pretty sure it would be black bibbed and blue bibbed, but he carries other things so he may produce something different right?