Golden Duckwing Leghorns

[Miami Leghorn]

Hello to all.

I would like to know if anyone has bred or has already in their yards or flock any
Golden Duckwing Leghorns.

I've read that they can acheived by a Silver Leghorn cock x Light Brown Leghorn hen.
Has anyone been able to have them breed true after a few gen's?.

very curious.

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

I do not know much about these birds. I did a search in our archives on the Golden Duckwing Leghorn and this was all I could come up with....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/589083/how-to-make-golden-duckwings

But you might start a thread in the Breeding and Genetics section and chat with others that might know more....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/16188/exhibition-genetics-breeding-to-the-standard-of-perfection

Good luck with your poultry projects and welcome to our flock!

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very useful learning center

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Thank you so much and glad to be here.

I am planning to work on creating a line of Golden Duckwing Leghorns that are both beautiful,as well as producers.

I am gathering as much info as possible before I embark on this journey.
I know there are a few out there that have already started their own lines;but are possibly keeping it to themselves,ort just exhanging
birds within a small group

Any information or help with this subject would be gratly appreciated.

Thank again,and a great big

HELLO!.

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

That sounds like a wonderful project! Best of luck and keep us posted.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC.

Glad you joined us!

 

[Miami Leghorn]

This is basically what I'm shooting for although the second pic I feel represents a more "stately" posture and presence as how it should be I feel with these birds. (could be a slightly more mature bird)... with of course more gold instead of cream.
This particular color is bred CONSISTENTLY in the UK and Australia,and more importantly....they are breeding true.

I was surprised in my limited research so far, that while I believe that here in the U.S. there seem to be few breeders that are working with them;
in some countries abroad they are very strong in numbers.

I was turned on by this color scheme funny enough by my neighbor who has a large flock of free ranging chickens,and within this flock he has a few duckwing games that have interbred w/some bantams and a few leghorns as well,
and by chance,
and the law of averages,
(having a particular color of birds in his flock,mind you)
this color scheme was achieved on his yard on certain birds.

I asked myself would'nt it be great if there were leghorns that had that color and produces eggs out there?
I asked my neighbor about producing the same bird I had imagined ;he said just throw some games in with a few color-friendly leghorns and you'll get there eventually after a few gen's.

I don't want to go that way as I want to maintain the egg producing capabilities of the leghorn and work on the color through selection.

I have read that years ago,long time ago... in the UK the duckwing phoenix;old english games, were crossed with brown leghorns;black leghorns;silvers and some Dorkings thrown in there as well to produce a full bodied;and true duckwing colored leghorn that was a good layer ..true to leghorn standards.

This process I believe is too tedious;times wise;spacewise,and feedwise.

I will use a Silver Leghorn rooster on a Light Brown Hen and see where to go from there...

This will be a process so I'll keep you posted.

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! I had a Serama rooster who looked just like the second picture.