Hi all, usually I lurk around the goose forum but I also keep Muscovy Ducks, which are very similar to geese but have more color variations. I have a genetic trait question
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I have a drake that comes from a mixed flock of almost every plumage color except some of the barred types. He displays heterochromia and has very unusual eyes. Anyone else see this trait in their Muscovy flock?
I have French white hens with solid blue eyes, and one brown/white hen with brown eyes. Before this male I had not seen split color eyes before. I’m wondering because I like to use the duck plumage calculator and make various crosses and I don’t know what the drake is now… do you all think he is pied or something else? The ducklings from him and the hens are mixed. Some are all yellow, black/yellow, light brown/yellow, dark brown/yellow. I’m keeping an eye out to see if the eye color from the drake is passed on.
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![Face with monocle :face_with_monocle: 🧐](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f9d0.png)
I have a drake that comes from a mixed flock of almost every plumage color except some of the barred types. He displays heterochromia and has very unusual eyes. Anyone else see this trait in their Muscovy flock?
I have French white hens with solid blue eyes, and one brown/white hen with brown eyes. Before this male I had not seen split color eyes before. I’m wondering because I like to use the duck plumage calculator and make various crosses and I don’t know what the drake is now… do you all think he is pied or something else? The ducklings from him and the hens are mixed. Some are all yellow, black/yellow, light brown/yellow, dark brown/yellow. I’m keeping an eye out to see if the eye color from the drake is passed on.
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