Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

[chickens really]

The SA turned out to be boys

Those are Silver fazed Welsh drakes.....Not Appleyards... Nice Drakes though... Cheers!

 

[mamaof2wi]

Those are Silver fazed Welsh drakes.....Not Appleyards...

Nice Drakes though...

Cheers!

Nope these are Sliver Appleyards. They came from a breeder who only breed appleyards and cayuga's. I found them and they were coming to show their birds at a poultry show near by. I called them and asked if they can bring me some babies and they did. Appleyards are a heavy weight bird. These boys are huge. I do have some welsh also...but they are much smaller. Also Welsh do not get the sliver in their heads.

 

[chickens really]

I will post my Appleyard Drake and then the Welsh I had last summer....

Charging my phone...

 

[chickens really]

First Appleyard Second Welsh...

 

[mamaof2wi]

First Appleyard Second Welsh...

Pretty birds. Right the welsh does to have grey in his head like your appleyards/ my boys. The picture I posted was when they just got their new feathers in.

 

[chickens really]

Both are mature Drakes.....Appleyard have tan eye stripes and the dappled Body.....Green heads in Drakes no cobalt blue wing feathers....

 

[ShrekDawg]

Obviously Google isn't necessarily 100% accurate but on the Google images, a lot do look like yours chickens really but some also DO have blue, it's just as pronounced. Maybe it's not as common but I think it does happen.

But either way, if the breeder only has SA's then they can't possibly be Welshes...

 

[chickens really]

Obviously Google isn't necessarily 100% accurate but on the Google images, a lot do look like yours chickens really but some also DO have blue, it's just as pronounced. Maybe it's not as common but I think it does happen.

But either way, if the breeder only has SA's then they can't possibly be Welshes...

Did not want to argue........My Drake is an Appleyard....The one I sold was Welsh Drake....

Anyways.... ...


Cheers!

 

[mamaof2wi]

Right the breeder is well known and I was given his name through the poultry show. People will buy his birds and when they sell the babies they list them that they come from his line of birds.

One quick search and I found a picture with an appleyard with blue on his wings..

http://www.holderreadfarm.com/photogallery/appleyard_page/appleyard_page.htm

http://selfsufficientish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3675


Either way it does not matter. These are just pets and beautiful birds.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Did not want to argue........My Drake is an Appleyard....The one I sold was Welsh Drake....

Anyways.... ...


Cheers!

Sorry if it came across that way, I wasn't trying to argue either! I was just trying to be helpful or see both sides or whatever, idk, i like hate confrontation so i kinda play both sides, it's bad haha but yeah, theirs does look like a Welsh, you're right about that, but they only had SA I think. Unless a welsh snuck in. Or Maybe the quality wasnt that great?

Either way, they're all beautiful haha