Wood Duck - Apricot Mutation

Closman · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:59 pm **Posts:** 6

Is that semi white wood duck a cross bred? looks like it has some call duck in it? can you eventually breed it out?

dannyB · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:51 am **Posts:** 1661

100% pure Australian Wood duck.
An Anas x Chenonetta hybrid would be sterile so there would be little point in introducing a mutation in this way.

Closman · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:59 pm **Posts:** 6

doesn't look like it at all but ok good luck with it :-?

swayne · **Joined:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:39 am **Posts:** 118

of course its %100 wood duck ,nice looking birds...
well done Danny B
There are a lot of white mutation native birds Scrub turkey,Kookaburra ,Wood duck and the list goes on..

PeacockNSW · **Posted:** Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:27 pm

I am no expert with waterfowl but it looks 101% like a dilute australian wood duck to me :-D

and agree well done

Closman · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:59 pm **Posts:** 6

Ok but doesn't to me but I believe you

2_Drakes · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:00 am

Love the white Mandarins

Photo by Aix galericulata from flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/lophura/4245317402/

Closman · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:59 pm **Posts:** 6

They are very nice 2_drakes I would love to get a pair or two of them.

dannyB · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:51 am **Posts:** 1661

PeacockNSW wrote:

I am no expert with waterfowl but it looks 101% like a dilute australian wood duck to me :-D

and agree well done

First egg today from a white female to a split male. [smilie=a_cookiemonster.gif]

2_Drakes · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:10 am

Closman wrote:

They are very nice 2_drakes I would love to get a pair or two of them.

Me too but they are not here to my knowledge I am reading up on how they were bred overseas to see if it is possible here?

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