What breed of Runner Duck is that? - She looks like a Silver Appleyard Runner

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Hi Friends,
please have a look at this beautiful YT video of a Momma Duck and her ducklings in a beautiful pond.
What breed of Runner Duck is Momma Duck? She looks like a Silver Appleyard, but as a runner!
Any idea where one can buy this breed here in the U.S.?

 

[Pyxis]

Yep, that is definitely the silver appleyard color on a Runner duck

No idea if that color is in the US, but with some work you could make it happen. Personally the way I'd do it is cross a Silver Appleyard with a grey Runner. Then I'd breed those offspring together. Then, you'll have ducks that are 3/4 Runner and are apppleyard in color.

Cross those back to a grey Runner again for type. Breed those back together to regain the color. Rinse and repeat until you have the Runner type pretty well locked down.

 

[DiYMama540]

Ok...who's taking one for the team on this project?? America needs these beauties

 

[Isaac 0]

Gorgeous!

It appears to be a Silver Applyard Indian Runner Duck, Just from a bit of research, they appear to be more common in the UK than the US. So i couldn't find anyone in the US that breeds them. Doesn't mean you couldn't cross a Silver Appleyard and Runner and see what you get.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Only natural lol. Do you know where that was made?

The German text for the video translated to English says:

I spent the summer of 2014 documenting the natural brood of my running ducks in my own garden.
I built a small floating island in my garden pond and just let things happen.
The drake, and father of 10 chicks, is the one with the almost black feathers.
The mother of the 10 chicks is the one with the almost white plumage.

It was a wonderful experience full of harmony.
The black-feathered drake and 4 of his descendants are still in my care! They still bathe in the same pond in summer and are very familiar with the garden.

This long video is a small thank you to the many people who watched the first video!

I took the comments to heart and only left the original sound inside in this video. No more music in the background!

Have fun...
... and best regards!
www.mikeahrens.de

 

[Pyxis]

So this could be achieved within 2-3 years? - What kind of breeding pairs would that require? SA-Duck × GR-Drake or GR-Duck × SA-Drake? Or is that irrelevant?

Doesn't matter, either way is fine Since Silver Appleyards are a large duck, just to make it easy on the hens I'd probably do it with a Runner drake over the larger SA girls, and not the other way around.

Yes, totally achievable in a couple years. The Runner type might not be the best, yet, but you'd have a duck that looks Runner-ish and is the right color. You'd have to keep breeding back to Runners for type, of course, to perfect that.

 

[Runner duck mom]

So neat, what a well shot video. Thank you for posting, youtube is now giving me suggestions for a bunch of duck videos in German I've never seen before...too cool
Seems like that color is not quite as common here in the US as the UK but I'll bet they could be found.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silver-appleyard-colored-runner-duck.303062/

 

[Dougdilman]

Hi Friends,
please have a look at this beautiful YT video of a Momma Duck and her ducklings in a beautiful pond.
What breed of Runner Duck is Momma Duck? She looks like a Silver Appleyard, but as a runner!
Any idea where one can buy this breed here in the U.S.?

Beautifull!

 

[DiYMama540]

@Pyxis would know exactly what to cross to get that mama duck!
Gorgeous! If you're successful, we'll have to talk

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Also, the ducklings appear to be sex linked you think? Judging by the different head markings.

Maybe i was too tired yesterday evening, but i haven't been able to sort out who was quaxing and who was still peepsing of the ducknagers. But they were all beautiful and looking so interesting. Did you see the one that looked like a Black Swedish runner? And the brown one with the »zip-line« on its belly? - I found myself in my barn recently, thinking about how to get a concrete floor in that thing, water and electricity, so i could have more ducks…