A blue duck of unstable
colouring... There is no such thing as a Black Swedish it
is the occasional result of any unstable blue-blue mating
as is 'Splashed" it is not shown or bred from but a good
pet duck.
It is a medium sized duck that
weighs between 6.5 and 8 pounds; males usually weigh more
then females. As early as 1835, the blue Swedish duck was
being raised by farmers in Pomerania, which back then was
part of Sweden, thus the name.
The color of Blue Swedish ducks
is due to heterozygosity in a color gene. If a Blue
Swedish 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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Names
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Germanata
Svedese
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Country Of
Origin;.
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Europe
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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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..............150 +
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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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5 to 6 pounds. This is an
average size bird (weight of the duck: 2,5 kg;
of the drake: 3 kg).
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Breed
Tip
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****Meat
Production:(Drakes)Will reach table weight on
food and scraps by 16 weeks
then not put on nay
weight until 2yrs +
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Flying .
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rarely flies a good back
garden all rounder;
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