Crosses

[CahoonCustomCutting]

In the fall I am looking into breeding some ducks and I am wondering if anyone else has crossed Black Indian Runners with Silver Appleyards and what the results of that cross were.

 

[Pyxis]

If you mean color-wise, you'd get all black bibbed ducklings from that cross I couldn't speak to other characteristics like size etc though.

 

[CahoonCustomCutting]

I'm just wondering if breeding a runner drake with the appleyard duck would raise the egg production rate of the off spring while keeping the heavy body or breeding the other way would be better. And if they took the runner shape would they put better weight. Or will I just have to wait and see. And how easy is it to get them to cross breed being different sizes and shape