Can Buff Orpington’s Have Black Beaks

[Duckbreeder2020]

I found black beaked ducks and suddenly fell in love. Can buff Orpington ducks have black beaks? If so, is there a way I could breed them into getting black beaks?

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

mix breed

 

[JacinLarkwell]

You would need to introduce a breed with black beaks

 

[Ratchnick]

The short answer is no

 

[Weeg]

TO do so, you would need to purchase a breed that had black bills, a drake perhaps. Then, the black billed drake would mate with the Buff ducks, you take there fretile eggs and hatch them. Then your ducklings will be Buff mixed with the black billed drake. Which could result in black billed Buff babies.

 

[Weeg]

The short answer is no

Why might that be?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Why might that be?

I think black beaks are recessive, which would require at least 2 generations to show up, and they wouldn't be pure orpingtons then

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

You would probably need a Welsh harlequin they are black billed.

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

Ok thanks guys.

 

[Ratchnick]

If You cross it with something else its not an Orpington anymore