I thought I lucked out getting a Silver Appleyard Drake at the NC State Fair, but after looking at some pics of the Welsh Harlequins, I may have been scammed, along with the people at the fair! I was perusing the pics on Feathersite.com. The SA's and the WH drakes can look VERY similar. It seems the only difference is the large keel on the SA's. The gorls look similar too, the biggest difference that I noticed in the females being both the keel, and the dark bill on the WH. Thinking about it, all the females that this guy had were smaller, and they all had dark bills. I thought they were BEAUTIFUL birds, and was a bit sorry that my Lucky has an orange bill, but I looked at the standards, and it is for an orange bill on the SA. I'm a bit grumpy about the idea, seeing as I paid for a SA. I don't want to breed if he really is a WH. Is there a sure fire way of telling the difference?
