Silver Appleyard
FAO (2007): critically endangered[1]: 141 | |
Other names | Appleyard |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Use | dual-purpose |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Skin colour | white |
Egg colour | white |
Classification | |
APA | heavy duck[3] |
EE | no[4] |
PCGB | heavy[5] |
The Silver Appleyard is a British breed of domestic duck.[6] It was bred in the first half of the twentieth century by Reginald Appleyard, with the aim of creating a dual-purpose breed that would provide both a good quantity of meat and plenty of eggs.
History
The Silver Appleyard was bred in the 1930s at Priory Waterfowl Farm near
Some birds were taken to the United States in the 1960s.
There are two small-size versions of the Silver Appleyard. A Silver Appleyard Bantam was bred by Reginald Appleyard in the 1940s by
Characteristics
The Silver Appleyard is a "large, sturdily built duck" with a "blocky" physique and a prominent breast. When full grown it weighs between six and eight pounds.[14]
Drakes of this breed have a yellow or greenish-coloured bill which sometimes takes on a striated appearance when the duck is older. The drake has a chestnut red breast, flank, sides, and shoulders with white "frosting and lacing" and a "creamy or silvery white" underside. Drakes' wings are grey and white with a cross-stripe of bright blue. Their tail feathers are a dark bronze colour. Feet and legs are orange.[7]
The Silver Appleyard hen has a yellow or orange bill with a black "bean". Plumage is whitish with markings in various shades of brown and grey. Her legs are yellow or orange with dark
The British Waterfowl Standards book lists criteria for an ideal example of this breed including (but not limited to) criteria such as:
- A well-rounded head feathered in iridescentgreen over brown black
- A slightly erect, alert and busy carriage
- A rump which is brown black with a slight iridescence, laced with white
- Legs that are set slightly back and well apart
- A medium length bill that is not wedge-shaped and that rises in a gentle curve to the brow
- Dark brown eyes
Use
The Silver Appleyard was created as a dual-purpose breed, reared both for
References
- ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed January 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9781405156424.
- ^ APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
- ^ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
- ^ a b c Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Appleyard/United Kingdom. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Silver Appleyard Duck. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed March 2017.
- ^ a b Heavy ducks. British Waterfowl Association. Accessed March 2017.
- ^ Silver Appleyard. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed March 2017.
- ISBN 9781847979704.
- ^ a b Breed Gallery: Ducks. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 9 November 2018.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Appleyard Bantam/United Kingdom. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2017.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Silver Bantam/United Kingdom. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2017.
- ^ [1] Holderread, Dave. Breed Bulletin #8504: Silver Appleyard Ducks. Corvallis, OR: The Duck Preservation Center, 1985.
- ISBN 9781603427456.