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Egg Colour;
.....................white ..
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Egg Numbers
............6-12
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Country Of
Origin;.........England
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Purpose;..........decorative
/ organic slug control
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Breed Hints....
Kept as pair
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Weights;
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The Large Silver Appleyard Duck was
developed in Britain during the 1930s and '40s by
Reginald Appleyard, a well known writer and breeder of
domestic waterfowl. He was trying to produce "The Ideal
Duck" for both egg; meat and exhibition purposes
The large drakes are quick to mature and
make fine table fowl. The 7-8 pound duck is an good layer
of about 100/180 0large white eggs. The duck is
silvery-white with a heavy flecking of fawn on her back.
The 8-9 pound drake has a beetle green head and neck and
his throat is white with fawn markings. Add to this his
silver-white neck ring, breast, wing coverts, and tail
tip and you have a very handsome bird. Beak should be
yellow, legs and feet orange, and eyes dark hazel.
This breed also appears as a Miniature,
also as the Bantam Appleyard.
SILVER
APPLEYARD;Miniature Ducks;;
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Hicks Waterfowl World,
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OSWESTRY
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Tel 01691 655 635
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weekdays
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Pembrokeshire
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