Dwarf duck

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Adult, white pygmy duck drake

The dwarf duck is one of the Mallard derived (Anas platyrhynchos) duck race , the "gnome way puppigen" with its shape the Kindchenschema corresponds strikes and also by their pert and naughty beings.

origin

The beginnings of this breed are unknown, but they were " thoroughbred " in England . Your English name "Call Duck" is derived from the Dutch word "kooi" for trap. Pygmy ducks have a powerful voice and a high, far-reaching and enduring reputation. They were initially used by Dutch hunters as bait ducks . These tied the tame ducks at the entrance of the trap and the more the little ducks called, the more wild ducks they lured into a trap or in front of the shotgun and thus ensured the success of their keeper.

description

The very lively ducks of this breed leave a very dwarf-like impression with their rounded rump and large, round head. The cute impression is reinforced by the spherical hamster cheeks, the short, broad beak and the dark, round eyes that are almost in the middle of the head. Ducks weigh only 800 grams, drakes around 900 grams.

Little ducks lay around 40 eggs a year. The eggshell color is white to greenish.

Colors

With 17 recognized colors, each of which also includes pygmy ducks with a hood , the pygmy ducks are one of the most colorful poultry breeds . These are in detail:

  1. Wild-colored,
  2. Blue-wild color,
  3. Silver-wild color,
  4. White,
  5. Black,
  6. Blue,
  7. Yellow,
  8. Brown,
  9. Blue yellow,
  10. Butterscotch, a strongly lightened blue-yellow,
  11. Yellow-bellied,
  12. Coarse-pied wild-colored,
  13. Coarse-pied blue game-colored (since 2010),
  14. Wild-colored with a (white) bib,
  15. Black with a (white) bib,
  16. Blue with a (white) bib and
  17. Brown with a (white) bib.
Black-eyed pygmy duck

In "breeding work" there are khaki and yellow with white bibs. Further variations can be found at breeders in England and the USA: blue and black pygmy ducks with "Elsterscheckung"; Spot , a lightening of the silver wild color; Aleution , to be compared with trout- colored ones; Lavender or purple; all colors in dark game colors; Blue-silver wild-colored and a few more.

literature

  • Andreas Stephan: dwarf ducks - powerful vocal top sellers. In: poultry newspaper. No. 12, 2013, pp. 4-7.
  • Christian Scholz: Piebald variants of the dwarf ducks - distinctive colors on the rise. In: poultry newspaper. No. 19, 2011, pp. 4–5 ( online , October 11, 2011)
  • Heiko Weghorst: Main special show of the pygmy ducks . In: poultry newspaper.
    • No. 14, 2012, pp. 11–13 ( online , July 24, 2012, show report)
    • No. 14, 2011, pp. 16–17 ( online , July 20, 2011, show report)
  • Paul-Erwin Oswald: Ducks come in many colors. In: Poultry Exchange. July 19, 2002 ( online at zwergenten.de)

Web links

Commons : Call Duck  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Paul-Erwin Oswald: Little ducks are available in many colors. In: Poultry Exchange. July 19, 2002 ( online at zwergenten.de)
  2. ↑ Andreas Stephan: Dwarf Ducks - Vocal Top Sellers. In: poultry newspaper. No. 12, 2013, pp. 4-7.
  3. ↑ Pygmy Goose in omlet.de, accessed June 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Federal Breeding and Recognition Committee of the BDRG (BZA): Standard changes, January 2012 , accessed on June 24, 2013.
  5. ^ BZA: Standard Changes, January 2012 , accessed on June 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ BZA: Standard Supplement, January 2012 , accessed on June 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ BZA: Text replacement of the color scheme description Wildfarbig-Gescheckt , June 9, 2011, accessed on June 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ BZA: The BZA announces (2011) , accessed on June 24, 2013.
  9. ↑ BZA: Standard supplement dwarf ducks, June 9, 2011 , accessed on June 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ BZA: Standard Supplement, January 2012 , accessed on June 24, 2013.