Silver Appleyard Ducks
A very nice Appleyard drake
Photo courtesy of Matt Stillman
The Silver Appleyard was developed in Britain during the 1930s and '40s by Reginald Appleyard, a widely known breeder of domestic waterfowl. He was trying to produce "The Ideal Duck."
The drakes are quick to mature and make fine table fowl. The 7-8 pound duck is an excellent layer of large 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 the Miniature Appleyard.
Silver Appleyard Links:
Little House Poultry Farm's Silver Appleyard Ducks
Appleyard Ducks at Kintaline Farm Poultry and Waterfowl Centre, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK
Miniature Silver Appleyards at e-chickens
Silver Appleyards at Bill Braden's Land of Tobe Poultry
A pretty Silver Appleyard duck
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
Miniature Silver Appleyard young duck, Best Waterfowl,
UK, in 2002
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A pair of Silver Appleyards
A young female
Photo courtesy of Katrin Becker
Another shot of the pair of Silver Appleyards
A flock of young Appleyards
Photo courtesy of Pam Marshall
The same flock from above
Photo courtesy of Pam Marshall
All grown up!
Photo courtesy of Pam Marshall
A pair of very good Silver Appleyards from the UK
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
Silver Appleyard ducklings
Photo courtesy of Sue Flude
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