Blue Swedish mix? Yellow duckling with blue beak.

[Flockincrazy]

Yet another updated picture I now think this little fella is mixed with silver appleyard and blue Swedish. It’s getting some brown coloration on its wings and tail. I can’t wait until this one fully feathered.

Om adorable

 

[TomCahalan]

Yet another updated picture I now think this little fella is mixed with silver appleyard and blue Swedish. It’s getting some brown coloration on its wings and tail. I can’t wait until this one fully feathered.

That is definitely not a cross between a purebred blue swedish and a purebred appleyard. If it were, it would have the coloration of a blue swedish or a black swedish. It would not be light at all.

Please see Pyxis's guide for more information:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mallard-derived-duck-color-genetics-basics.74277/

 

[LillyAcresFarm]

It has to be a mix of something. Those are the only ducks she has. Pekin, appleyard, blue and black Swedish, khaki Campbell and a buff. It’s a combination of those, it’s not a purebred. What do you think it’s mixed with? This was from a neighbor not a hatchery.

 

[LillyAcresFarm]

A buff mix maybe?

 

[TomCahalan]

It has to be a mix of something. Those are the only ducks she has. Pekin, appleyard, blue and black Swedish, khaki Campbell and a buff. It’s a combination of those, it’s not a purebred. What do you think it’s mixed with? This was from a neighbor not a hatchery.

What I'm suggesting is that the parents of your duck might not be purebred. Did your neighbor get her ducks from a hatchery, or did she get them from some random person?

 

[LillyAcresFarm]

What I'm suggesting is that the parents of your duck might not be purebred. Did your neighbor get her ducks from a hatchery, or did she get them from some random person?

Hers were from Hoover’s hatchery

 

[ScarlettPhoenix]

It makes more sense to me than Pekin x blue Swedish cross because the allele that causes white in Perkins is recessive and is not usually carried by Blue Swedish. It is also not what causes silver Swedish to be white. I think the silver Swedish are beautiful, I’m not sure why people don’t sell them. I found one picture of a silver Swedish duckling. Here is the link:
https://www.123rf.com/photo_69744007_silver-swedish-duck-duckling-drinking-from-water-feeder.html

I have Swedish blue drakes and Swedish blue and black hens... I just ended up with a mix of black, grey and yellow ducklings this week!! I've never heard of Swedish yellow being offspring of blacks and blues... might they become silver?

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I have Swedish blue drakes and Swedish blue and black hens... I just ended up with a mix of black, grey and yellow ducklings this week!! I've never heard of Swedish yellow being offspring of blacks and blues... might they become silver?

Yes, the yellow ducklings are silver, 2 blue alleles. The grey are blue, one blue allele. The black have no blue alleles. If you cross 2 blue, a Punnett square would say to expect 1/4 silver, 1/2 blue, 1/4 black. But, with black hens you would expect 1/2 blue and 1/2 black.

 

[PolishDuckMaster]

Cześć wszystkim, w mojej ostatniej naturalnej hodowli kaczek miałem kaczory z oliwkowymi dziobami. Uzyskałem ten kolor poprzez skrzyżowanie starych polskich kaczek i dzikich krzyżówek. Moje kaczki hodowlane pochodzą z polskiej rodziny kaczkowatych. Pozdrawiam serdecznie .