Sliver Appleyard experts?

[EmAbTo48]

I have just started breeding Sliver Appleyards. I only have 2 hens and a drake. Can anyone tell me what they think of the colorings on these guys?

They are only 5-6 months old at this point.


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[EmAbTo48]

Anyone?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I would suggest buying the APA book SOP (standard of perfection) and read up on the breed and general faults.

 

[Oregon Blues]

I generally do not click on links. As Celtic Oaks suggested, if you hope to raise birds to the standard, then the Standard of Perfection is a useful purchase.

It is a lovely, well-made book, and well worth every penny of the price.

 

[EmAbTo48]

I generally do not click on links. As Celtic Oaks suggested, if you hope to raise birds to the standard, then the Standard of Perfection is a useful purchase.

It is a lovely, well-made book, and well worth every penny of the price.

Sorry for the links its the only way I can post any pictures on BYC!

 

[Mum]

If you upload your pictures within your post, people will be more willing to take the time to reply. I notice all your picture links are to FB; on another forum I frequent, people are getting very anti the whole FB thing and won't look on principle (because not *everyone* has a FB account

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Pity, because it would have been lovely to have seen your ducks.

 

[EmAbTo48]

My Drake



Drake and hen




TRIO

Again only almost 6 months old. I can only post pictures in a relpy thread not in my orginal thread.....

 

[Valntyn]

I don't have answers for you. I just wanted to chime in what a pretty trio you have!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Thanks for posting the pictures. If te drake was here he would be a cull due to his dark coloring. The one duck is also dark and would end up a cull. We have a number of the darker bodied SA, all are destined for the freezer.

 

[EmAbTo48]

Thanks for posting the pictures. If te drake was here he would be a cull due to his dark coloring. The one duck is also dark and would end up a cull. We have a number of the darker bodied SA, all are destined for the freezer.

Thanks! I kind of thought the one hen had to much brown, but wasn't sure on the drake at all. They wont be culled they will be bred and see their offsrping will be.