Duck bloodline/lineage

[Duckie doodle]

Hello,
New duck breeder here. I've had ducks now for 1 year and I would like to know how does one go about making thier own duck bloodline. I got some good bloodlines from other breeders but I want to start my own lineage. Please help!! Thank you

 

[416bigbore]

I found this link that might help. Could you post some pictures of your ducks and elaborate on what you are trying to accomplish, sounds interesting.
https://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/making-your-own-line-of-birds/

 

[Duckie doodle]

I found this link that might help. Could you post some pictures of your ducks and elaborate on what you are trying to accomplish, sounds interesting.
https://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/making-your-own-line-of-birds/

Hello, I have read that article. It is very slim lol I am really kind of looking for a breeder perceptive I guess on what is the best way to do this. I am trying to getting more of the green in my cayuga as well as give them more size.. I am trying to get a better blue head with my saxony and then I am trying to have larger female with my silver appleyard. Sorry I have 3 different breeds that i am working with currently and want to continue to preserve the breed since they are on the livestock conservancy list. I love all of my ducks, this is just a hobby for me.

 

[Duckie doodle]

I found this link that might help. Could you post some pictures of your ducks and elaborate on what you are trying to accomplish, sounds interesting.
https://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/making-your-own-line-of-birds/

I also want to get rid of the goose neck on the cayuga, it messes up confirmation for show.

 

[416bigbore]

I knew of a cattle rancher years ago and he was very particular with the blood line in is cattle. He told me some call it interbreeding and other refer to it is line breeding to keep the same pure blood line and specific characteristics of that breed, to be carried on to the next generation and so on.

I asked him about deformities in the new born caves and he said he has never had any real issues with that happening. So I found that to be interesting.

 

[416bigbore]

My guess is that it would take years of breeding and re-breeding to come up with what you are trying to accomplish. That would be a question for some person in a lab who deals with breeding and genetics.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

You have to breed out the qualities that you do not want and breed in the qualities that you want. For example, if you want more green on your Cayuga's you match them up with Cayuga's that have the appearance you are looking for, but also note that nutrition plays a very big role in a birds appearance as well as understanding the genetetic formulations. If you want the goose neck bred out, you pair up your cayuga with a medium to short necked partner and I would avoid breeding with any cayuga mates that have necks on the longer side. To get larger female Appleyards you pair them up with larger males and ensure their nutrition specifically protein levels are adequate to grow size. It will take many years of dedicated work, breeding and training your eye to pick out the little conformational or color flaws. It may take several generations of breeding to produce a line that no longer carries even just a single trait you wish to breed out. The key to truly good breeding is seperating your emotions enough to know when you have to remove a bird from your breeding line and waiting until they fully mature to choose. So many people just like to pick the cutest duckling of the hatch, but that duckling may very well grow up to have the terrible conformational traits and incorrect coloring. It may be the cutest, sweetest duck around, but if it doesn't have what it takes it simply doesn't have what it takes.

 

[learycow]

It's pretty easy to start your own bloodline.

Even if you purchase from someone else, once you decide who to mate together, those offspring are F1 of your own lineage.

So say duck A is from Breeder A.
Duck B is from breeder B.

You put these two in a pen together.

All babies are the first generation of YOUR duck bloodline. You chose the mated pairing, the results are your first generation.