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Names
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Overberg
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Country Of Origin;.
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The
Netherlands through
selective breeding from North-Holland Hook
Bills, Abacot Rangers and Welsh
Harlequins.
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Carriage;
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Similar to the Campbell ducks but a
substantailly more well built duck ie useful
for the table if needed
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Purpose;...
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.......Eggs..Meat...Broody...a good
utility duck
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Egg Colour
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; .....................The eggs weigh 65 g
and are white
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Egg Numbers
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.............180 /200
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Breed Hints....
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Kept as trio or pair .. will go broody and
hatch
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Weights;
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4 to 5.5 pounds
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Breed Tip
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.This
breed is basically a blue dilution of the
Welsh Harlequin
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Flying .
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rarely flies a good back garden all
rounder;
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General characteristics: male
and female
Carriage: Alert and slightly
upright, the head carried high with shoulders higher than
the saddle; the back showing a gentle slant and the line
of the back and the belly running almost parallel. The
whole carriage not too erect but not so low as to cause
waddling.
Head: Well-rounded and refined
in jaw and skull and may not show pronounced cheeks. Bill
of medium length and width and almost straight; rising
almost hollow towards the head. Eyes alert and bright,
placed fairly high in skull.
Neck: Of medium length and
width, tapering towards the head, carried almost
vertically.
Body: Of medium length, well
rounded and slightly upright.Tail well-spread, extending
fror,.the back.
Breast: Carried fairly high,
not too full, but well-rounded.
Wings: Of medium length,
carried tightly and closely to the body
Legs and Feet: Of medium
length, firm and placed well underneath the body.
Plumage: Tight and silky,
giving a sleek appearance.
Possible differences between drake and
duck: The drake has well-developed sex curls and is a
lime more upright in carriage than the duck. The speculae
of the drake are more blue and do not show the strong
yellow-brown overlay seen in the duck.
Colour and
Markings1.Drake's
Plumage:
Head and Neck: Pale lilac-blue
with a slight brown overlay on the back of the head and
neck down to the wide, white neck-ring which is sharply
bronze defined and completely encircles he
neck..Bill: Olive green without any trace of blue,
dark horn-coloured bean at the tip..Eyes: Dark
brown.Back: Pale lilac-blue peppered with some
white lacing, getting paler towards the tail. Breast
and Flanks: Rich mahogany-brown with creamy-white
lacing. Rump and tail: Lilac-blue bordered with
cream, undertail cushion lilac-blue.Belly:
Creamy-white..Wings: Scapulars a rich brown
heavily laced with creamy-white. Wing bars and wing
bowswhite; some pale lilac-blue peppering allowed.
Speculum pale lilac-blue with a browny-yellowoverlay and
bordered by distinct speculum lacing. Primaries are white
with pale lilac-bluepeppering.. Legs and Webs:
Bright orange.
2.Duck's plumage:
Head and Neck: Yellowy-brown
head with bluey-brown "raining on the crown. Neck
yellowy-brown with pale brown "raining, shading off into
pale yellow to cream on the dividing line with the
breast, giving a distinct transition between the neck-
and breast colour Bill: Slate-grey at the base,
changing gradually into dark-green towards the tip with a
black bean. Eyes: Dark brown. Back: Pale
yellowy-brown with bluey-brown "raining; pale creamy
lacing is allowed.Breast and Flanks: Upper side of
the breast, including the upper side of the flanks is
similar o the upper side of the back. The markings of the
flanks are slightly broader, changing into a pale yellow
to cream towards the belly. Rump and tail:
Yellowy-cream bordered with cream-white; undertail
cushion pale yellow tocream.Belly: Pale yellow to
creamy-white.Wings: Scapulars yellowy-brown
alternating with pale lilac-blue with yellowy-brown to
cream lacing, giving a distinct "rained impression.
Speculum pale lilac-blue with a distinctyellowy-brown
overlay and bordered by distinct speculum lacing.
Primaries are cream with apale brown overlay. Legs and
Webs: Dark dun.
Weights
Adult drake 2.25 - 2.50 kg. (5 -
5.51b)
Adult duck 2.00 - 2.25 kg. (4.5 -
51b)
Scale of Points
Carriage I 0
Head, Bill and Neck 15
Body and Tail 15
Legs and Feet 5
Condition I 0
Colour 35
Size 10
Total I 00
Defects;
In the drake: broken or absent
neck ring, bill other than olive-green, absence of
markings on back and breast, legs and webs other than
bright orange. In the duck: bill other than slate-grey,
washed out colouring of head, neck and body, speculum
dark bluey-grey, legs and webs orange. In either sex:
Upright carriage, too short or cobby in body type,
keel.
