Orpington duck

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Drake (left) and duck (right)
(color lithograph, 1890)

Orpington ducks are ducks bred in England with high profitability. The breed was bred around 1900 by the poultry dealer William Cook and, like the large Orpington chicken of the same name, was named after his residence "Orpingtonhouse" in Kent. The former economic breed has now changed into a purely ornamental and exhibition breed and is looked after by the special association of German duck breeders .

description

The Orpington duck is a hardy, fast-growing duck that is ready for slaughter at an early stage with a good meat set and considerable laying performance (→ dual-purpose breed ). Their plumage is of a "leathery yellow" color.

Parent breeds

William Cook kept it a secret for the rest of his life as he raised the Orpington ducks and occasionally made contradicting statements. As starting breeds he gave running , Rouen , Aylesbury and Cayuga as well as khaki campbell ducks . In addition, yellow land ducks are named as the starting breed. It is also assumed that different colors of the Swedish ducks were also involved, since at the beginning there were not only yellow ducks but also chocolate brown and blue ducks with a white bib.

Other authors (W. Powell-Owen 1918, P.-E. Oswald 2003) also consider it possible that he simply created the already existing yellow Swedish ducks (= yellow ducks the size of the Pomeranian ducks ) by crossing them with common ducks and camp ducks improved in their laying activity.

The origin of the breed can no longer be finally clarified. It seems to be certain that Cook crossed land ducks with upright posture with running ducks from Southeast Asia and other breeds.

Duration

The population of animals in Germany has fluctuated since it was recorded in 2000. In 2005 there were 408 female and 183 male animals, the last population recording in 2013 still counted 249 ducks and 110 drakes.

In a joint red list of the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), the Federation of German Racial Poultry Breeders (BDRG) and the Society for the Conservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Breeds (GEH), the orping toned duck with more than 100 but fewer than 150 breeds is considered "endangered" classified.

Literature and evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Platzbecker: Water fowl: geese and ducks (=  the large poultry standard in color . Volume 3 ). 3rd, supplemented edition. Oertel and Spörer, Reutlingen 2005, ISBN 3-88627-529-9 , Orpingtonenten, p. 116-118 .
  2. ↑ Orping Tons. In: Duck breeds in the SV. Special Association of Duck Breeders in Germany from 1895 eV, 2003, accessed on December 25, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Paul-Erwin Oswald: Die Orpingtonenten. In: “Duck race in the field of vision” . Special Association of Duck Breeders in Germany from 1895 eV, 2003, accessed on December 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Pet Breeds eV (GEH): The "Endangered Livestock Breed of the Year 2017 - Impressive Duck Breeds" (press release). Witzenhausen, December 13, 2016, accessed on December 25, 2016 ( pdf ( memento of the original from December 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note. , html ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geh.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geh.de
  5. ^ A b Paul-Erwin Oswald: Orpingtonents. In: enten-sv.de. Special Association of Duck Breeders in Germany from 1895 eV, 2003, accessed on December 25, 2016 (profile of the SV).
  6. ↑ Duck breed description: Orpington ducks. In: TGRDEU - Central Documentation of Animal Genetic Resources in Germany. Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food, accessed on December 25, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE): Red List: Native Livestock Breeds in Germany 2015. ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 145 and 151. (PDF file) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ble.de
  8. ^ BDRG: List of threatened poultry breeds. In: bdrg.de , accessed on December 25, 2016.

further reading

  • Martin Platzbecker: Water fowl: geese and ducks (=  the big poultry standard in color . Band 3 ). 3rd, supplemented edition. Oertel and Spörer, Reutlingen 2005, ISBN 3-88627-529-9 , Orpingtonenten, p. 116-118 .
  • Horst Schmidt : large and water fowl . Turkeys, guinea fowl, geese, ducks (=  manual for breed and ornamental poultry ). 2., revised. Aufl. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1996, ISBN 3-8001-7315-8 , Orpington-Ente, p. 195-199 .

Web links

Commons : Orping Tons  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Orpington duck at the special association of duck breeders in Germany from 1895 eV
  • Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Pet Breeds eV (GEH): The "Endangered Livestock Breed of the Year 2017 - Impressive Duck Breeds" (press release). Witzenhausen, December 13, 2016 (online: pdf , html , accessed December 25, 2016)
  • VIEH: The breed portrait: Orpington duck . Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  • Susanne Kopke: Orpington ducks - modest and hardworking , March 2016, in: provieh.de , accessed on December 25, 2016.