Blue Crested Duck
A variety of the Crested Duck
Duck · White eggs · Ornamental
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About the Blue Crested Duck
The Blue shows a soft, silvery slate plumage — the dilution form of black, which gives it a smoky, muted tone rather than solid colour. Blue is a breeder-developed colour and is not recognised by the APA or the UK standard, which accept only Black and White (Europe permits a wider range). In all other respects it is a standard Crested duck: lively, ornamental, laying white eggs, and necessarily bred crested to plain since the crest-producing gene is lethal in double dose.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- White
- Eggs per year
- About 130
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Medium
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- East Indies (developed in the Netherlands)
- Scientific name
- Anas platyrhynchos domesticus