Looking for breeders that keep rare colour mutations in ornamental ducks and geese

[finchy]

Hi no sorry dont have any silvers for sale yet hopefully wont be long tho now

 

[mckenzie]

How could it be an eclipse male or a transgender hen turning male when he has a darker hen also. If it was a transgender hen or male it wouldn't be able to produce offspring right? He has produced many babies off of the pair!

 

[aldren90]

Ok if it an eclipse male ( eclipse plumage is a molt and during molt the males look like hens and then regrow their male plumage ) then he would be fertile and this usually happens in the spring when birds are breeding, when was this pic taken? It also could be a vey young male. Or if its a transgender hen it would be a hen that is growing male feathers and has raised testosterone levels and once could have been fertile but will soon not be. That is a normal colored mandarin in the supplied picture I know that for a fact. It may be split or offspring from a black mandarin but that specific bird is normal in color. The beak color also suggests young male or transgender hen. How old was the duck when pic was taken? A fully mature males beak is always red, a fully mature hens beak is always brown ( unless it is the strain of red beak mutation hens from Korea, which are extremely rare, and I don't believe are in the us yet. ) the picture of the darker hen would be nice to see as well.

 

[aldren90]

And any of you European guys, my friend and I were interested in importing some birds into the us. She exports tilapia to china and is experienced with importing and exporting those fish. She was interested in maybe trying to import some pheasants from china and then some ducks from Europe, I told her about you guys and she wanted me to ask you all if you knew anything about it or could offer contacts. Any help would be great!

 

[dylan duck man]

very buitiful birds yall vicky can u post us some pics

 

[fowlplay1950]

Could you please post some more pictures of these mandarins and have they gotten any ducklings from them. It is hard to tell from pictures sometimes however that picture is interesting that was posted

 

[fowlplay1950]

The picture I was referring to was from McKenzie.

 

[kweyland]

That's a normal mandarin either in eclipse male or a transgender hen turning male or vice versa.

DUCKS CAN TRANSGENDER!?? I thought only fish and amphibians took on this unique transition? Please explain the details of this? does it have to do with dominance like fish or breeding like amphibians?

 

[destinduck]

They dont change sex. A female can look like a male if she damages her ovary. Or Ive seen it when she gets old. I guess her estrogen dries up and she looks like a boy. Note. Im not a bioligist,just what I have personally seen.

 

[kweyland]

I was going to say, that sounds way out there, but I don't know much about ducks. That makes a lot of sense, it happens to some people so I can see it happening in the animal kingdom as well.