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Abacot Ranger Ducks;or Streicher

Breed History; . . .Abacot Rangers were further developed between 1917 and 1923 by Oscar Gray and often referred to as the Hooded Rangerin America but were initially a British breed that fell out of fashion ( the females have a 'hood' of fawn-buff feathers ) in older books . Streicher, in German, mean "stray"and were first mentioned in Europe in the the years following the war of 1914-1918. ( known as Streicher and very popular in Eastern Europe as a dual purpose duck) they are one of the few breeds where the breed standards are virtually unaltered today. A reasonable layer and sitter with a differing bill colour in males and females similar to the Appleyards etc. making sexing after 8 weeks simple.

Names	Streicher in Germany and Eastern Europe. Hooded Ranger . . old Uk and US name: Le canard Streicher ' in France/Belgium	Country Of Origin;.	........ Great Britain. An early 20th Century Breed mentioned from the 1920's onwards
Carriage;	Similar to the Campbell ducks but a substantailly more well built duck ie useful for the table if needed	Purpose;...	.......Eggs..Meat...Broody...a good utility duck
Egg Colour	; .....................The eggs weigh 65 g and are white	Egg Numbers	.............180 /200
Breed Defects. .	. . . .Drake .. Too dark a body colour;breast red running around from chest to stomach area; lack of lacing within feathers; brown head ;incomplete or missing neck ring; Defective wing bars ; bright yellow bill; Keel .	Breed Defects.	.. . . . . . . Duck; Eye Stripes;Coarse colour graing ie more resembling an Appleyard; white head (no 'hood'); grey wing bars; Defective wing bars ; bright blue bill; Keel
Breed Hints....	Kept as trio or pair .. will go broody and hatch	Weights;	5 to 6 pounds. This is an average size bird (weight of the duck: 2,5 kg; of the drake: 3 kg).
Breed Tip	****Easily confused as a duckling with mini Appleyards and Harlequins... easiest difference ... they are the greediest/largest /chubbiest until full feathering shows the difference in clour of the wing bars etc	Flying .	rarely flies a good back garden all rounder;

Genetic profile

Gene :Harlequin phase

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Recessive.

Recessive and allelic to both the dark phase and the light phase. The effects on plumage color are similar to the light phase but more exaggerated. On the Abacot the colouring is without the  without brown dilution of the Welsh Harlequin. Note the sex linked bill colouring

ABACOT RANGER;.........Breeders Info'

Mike & Sylvia Hatcher	BERKSHIRE	Tel 01488 638 014 hatcher579@btinternet.com
Jane Anderson,	Wiltshire	01793 751 171
John Palmer,	Essex	01708 348 088
HICKS WATERFOWL WORLD	OSWESTRY	Tel 01691 655 635 weekends Tel 07818 036 118 weekdays or grahamhickss@hotmail.co.uk
Ros Wilson	WILTSHIRE	Tel 01747 870 048 rosking@freenetname.co.uk

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