Rare Muscovy Duck Colors
This is especially common in the culinary arts.
Rare muscovy duck colors. White is another common muscovy color. Muscovy ducks for sale new by. I have a variety of beautiful colors and patterns including silver grey white black barred black white lavender and blue.
Jennifer i have muscovy ducks available selling males females pairs juveniles and flock packages. Unlike the barred pattern the ripple pattern will show on all feathers and will not molt out. Any other color must result from some form of or combination of those colors.
The wild muscovy species is blackish in color with distinct white patches on the wing. By taking a good look at some really heavily crossed colors you will be able to see how birds can get a bit odd. The legs and feet are black in color.
They are found in most colors with dark black and chocolate being the most common. The juvenile bird has a duller coloration with or without the white markings on the wings. The only colors of muscovy are white blue black chocolate lavender self blue and bronze.
These are mainly raised as meat ducks as the white feathers allow the to dress clean. The face is dark red or blackish with yellowish brown eyes and a black bill marked with pale pink spots. The muscovy duck can be crossed with mallards in captivity to produce hybrids known as mulard duck mule duck because they are sterile.
Base colors are determined by those colors which can be expressed as a single unique genetic marker which has a pre determined effect on pigmentation. Such as black blue bronze chocolate lavender pied white with any color mixed ripple white and many more pastel colors but these are very rare. White can also mask other colors so white bred to colored birds can produce colors as well as pieds.