Silver (Appleyard) Bantams

[chickens really]

Please correct me if I'm wrong....The Drake is a Call and the Hens are Call cross silver Appleyard Bantam

 

[chickens really]

This is the Silver Appleyard Bantam Drake I got rid of...

 

[ThreeWillows]

If you read the thread, you can see that I posted their origins. Once again, the hens are Silver Appleyard minis from Blue Sky Country farm (Holderread line). The drake was recently shipped to me from Duck Creek farm (Holderread line) as breeding stock--see here for pics and pricing http://www.duckcreekfarm.com/new-products-1/

I know what my ducks are. I know where they came from. And, these are the only ducks I have now (rehomed mystery duck from other eBay seller. I hope this clears up the matter).

 

[chickens really]

I was only asking? Not being rude at all...I did read thread but do not know of these hatcheries mentioned..Anyways...Sorry..

 

[ThreeWillows]

It is okay. I think Duck Creek is breeding to a rounder looking standard than folks are used to. The pics of "show quality" mini Appleyards on their site are very different from my BSC hens... I had to make a tough choice in rehoming a hen I paid top dollar for. But I think they're going too far toward a call look. I kept the male, but I'm putting him over the more slender BSC hens. I think it is the right decision. I hope so...

 

[ThreeWillows]

This is the breeder quality mini Appleyard male on their site.

 

[chickens really]

Looks a lot like mine did...Here I stumbled into mine as rescues...My Hen Blossom is a pure Appleyard Bantam and now we are thinking the Ducklings I rescued and kept back two have Call in them because of the roundness and colour..Still pretty...

 

[Pyxis]

Yeah, I would say they're going too Call-like. This is what Holderread had as a nice breeding drake when they were working with them:

Much less round, longer, slenderer, longer neck and bill, head isn't as rounded going into the bill, etc. Maybe Duck Creek crossed Calls in for color improvement or something, and lost type because of it. But, maybe they're just going that way now. As far as I know, there isn't a real standard for them, although I would think the idea would be to get them to look as much like the large version as possible, just smaller.

 

[chickens really]

Here unknowingly people call anything small a Call
Duck...Gets confusing with the East Indies added to the confusion...I finally found someone local to help..

 

[chickens really]

Yes....It gets confusing...I for one will breed to the Call Appleyard Bantam with my pure Appleyard Bantam Hen..Should still make nice Ducklings...