New Black & White Duck

3 Responses to New Black & White Duck

1. Walter Jeffries says:

   Thursday November 8, 2012 at 06:47

   A reader emailed me suggesting that the black and white duck is a Blue Swedish Duck. Looks like a good match.

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2. Sal says:

   Thursday November 8, 2012 at 18:38

   Except I think it really is a Black Swede, not a blue- yours looks black (think Daffy Duck) and Blue Swedes are greyish/steel blue.

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   • Walter Jeffries says:

     Thursday November 8, 2012 at 18:50

     You may well be right. On the Wiki Swedish Blue duck page they mention black as a variant:

     Genetics
     The color of Swedish Blue ducks is due to heterozygosity in a color gene. If a Swedish Blue duck and drake breed, the young are the usual 25% / 50% / 25% ratio in:
     25%: A homozygous form, black where the blue should be.
     50%: As the parents.
     25%: The other homozygous form, splashed or silver with combinations of blue and black and white.

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