Can someone tell me once and for all what the heck DUCKWING does and does not refer to? I can not find it.
Duckwing!?!
Do you mean the plumage? Or the cartoon, which was actually Darkwing Duck--but a lot of people remember it as Duckwing?
Cause despite looking at a million pictures of golden and silver and whatever duckwing breeds, I can't really find a definition either. Looks like a white or lighter head and hackles and darker wings in the roo? But that would describe Columbian too.
Help!
it refers to the coloration or variety of a breed- EE's, oegb, pheonix and more game fowls have the colors.
Silkie, can you give us anything more? The pictures I've found are really too diverse to clarify anything... like him at all?
Yes, silkiechick. But what is the color?--because other than the head and hackles being lighter and the wings darker, there doesn't seem to be any consistant color definition that I can see. I've googled my heart out and everyone refers to it, but no one defines it.
Oh why, oh why, did grownut have to bring it up?--cause now I need to know!
Cuz grow was tired of holding it all inside herself and needed to be made free...
let me see if i can find pics to show difference. not sure how to describe it. he looks golden duckwing to me from what i can tell.
check out the phoenix on this page -http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Phoen/BRKPhoenix.html
the goldens and silvers r duckwings if u look at babies at bottom of the page u can see a difference also but is so similar easier to see when together when peeps. silvers r a lighter color in parts than goldens.
when adults the silvers in hackles and such look more silver /whiteish color and goldens look more yellow/golden color. does that make sence? can u guys see the differences in the colors? is that any help or what u r asking? sorry i'm not sure how to word it cause i'm not sure quite what u are asking. only other thing i can think of is if u know what wheaton color is that is like a golden duckwing color. if u know what a birchen is it is like the silver.
somewhere on my 500+ pics on photobucket i have pics of both colors of EE's and phoenix i hatched but gosh it would take me forever to find them it was like 2 year ago and i sold them so i don't have adult pics.
What is confusing me is: what makes it a duckwing?
I mean a Columbian is: Plumage on body, breast, and legs is primarily white (more silvery white in the male). Black feathers with white lacing are on hackle (and cape and saddle of males). Tail is primarily black with white highlighting. Wings are primarily white with black highlighting.
A Golden Duckwing is: Male: Mainly black, with cream-colored head and hackles, gold-colored back, and golden highlights on wings and tail. Female: Primarily shades of grey, with salmon-colored front of neck and breast. Black highlights in tail; dark brown highlights in wings.
A Silver Duckwing is: Male: head plumage is white, giving way to silvery white hackles and silvery white back. Front of neck, breast, and body are black. Tail and wings are highlighted in silvery white. Female: Primarily shades of silver to light grey. Front of neck and breast are pale salmon. Tail is black with grey highlights; wings are black and grey.
But why Duckwing? What does it mean?
could it be the stripe down the center of each feather?
I see what you mean on the pullets--but the roo doesn't seem to have it. Puzzling.
i wasn't sure if the roos had it or not do the roos have "finely and delicately pencilled" markings on them? around the feathers as girls do?
only thing i can think of from reading and searching is it's the color and the laceing/barring pattern together that makes it called duckwing. it's the closest thing i can think of.
It is hard to tell from the pictures I have. The hens definitely do--although it is not in the description I have. But the roos look much less delicate.
Odd that there is such vague wording in the descriptions.
i just found this written on a site-
Duckwing Leghorn- THIS variety is so named because of the rich Steel-blue feathers on the wing, which form a bar similar to the bar on the wing of the Mallard Duck.
I think it's finally starting to come together now...
that would make sence it mimics a pattern on the mallard wings. my dh and i had this discusion when we first got our phoenix a few years ago and if i remember right i think he told me that back then so i believe that is the answer u were looking for.
here is the link i was just reading- http://www.theleghornclub.com/TextDuckwing.htm
Can ya look at this and maybe tell me what I'm seeing? Have 2 other roos with similar feathering...I'm off to the link, thank you.
Wow was that specific!! I don't think I'm the only one who didn't know that!! yeesh...and thanks,btw
do u know what breed he is?
We bought a black JG roo for our black sex-link hens. This pattern has come up fairly often, wondered if it's the barred rock influence, but it fascinates me. The pattern on the black sl hens is similar to that of the duckwing hens from that link of yourn..
lol, i was surprised it was so detailed. actually most people don't know that and u r very welcome. i'm just surprised i found it that quick with not much yahoo searching. i didn't notice that sentance till i read the whole thing and went back to search for what the answer might be,lol.
hmmm... this is the closest thing i have to that he is a bantam cochin, mike says he is a birchen.
Great! Yup, mine do that, more subtley at the top and then clear like that at the shoulder. Here's a 2nd gen roo, from the blond I think, front view though and sideways lol.
what is the mom? that one looks like it has spangle pattern on the chest. r they old english or some kind of games?
Either 1) same cross as the roo 2) black sex link or 3) barred rock. The likely dad mostly hangs out with the BRs
It looks like birchen is what I'm getting. I have a black female with white lace around the edges. Pic may show it...
well that's weird, younger one looks like oe x spangled hamburg to me. they r all beautiful!! and yes she looks birchen to me. my roo looked like that when his colors first started comeing in. now that he is matureing he has more color.
this is him in aug at his first show he won first place and i entered him as birchen. ooops wait i miss read ur laste post mine is gold color not wite. i wonder if she is silver laced?
All the silver laced I found are opposite -silver with black edges. She IS silver,btw.
Hmm. This definitely means you can get pretty birchens out of the JG/BSL/BR blend. Innerestin'
Really like the roo!
ps. You shouldn't be up anymore than I should! It's LATE!
i said silver laced cuz my polish r white with black edgeing and it's called silver laced in that breed but it covers whole body on my polish. yep i need to get some sleep,lol.
Well, goodness....now I'm all confused. My son is in love with bantams and bought a couple of them at and auction a month or two and someone said they were duckwings. From all the descriptions and pics above, the birds we have look nothing like that so I don't know what the lady was talking about. Our birds are tiny little things and full grown. We were sure shocked that the tiny rooster was crowing! Hummm, now I wonder what in the world my son bought....they are for sure not sounding like duckwings.
Christy
No so! Ladybugs! That is why we are all so confused. Duckwing is a plumage pattern, not a breed. I think it is very common in Old English Game Bantams...so you probably have duckwing colored bantams--maybe OEGs. But although I am beginning to think I will recognize it when I see it--I still don't quite know how to describe it. Especially since it comes in different colors.
alot of game breeds have them, oeg, oegb, phoenix, EE's
this shows silver duckwing plumage gonna see if i can find golden too.
http://www.theleghornclub.com/PhotosFeathers.htm
Good to know....I'm going to have to look up more picks to see what the breed might be. Maybe the lady was referring to the coloring then. They sure have multi colors to them. I don't think our birds are bantams.....if they are they are the smallest ones I've ever seen. Full grown and no bigger than a minute.
Christy
pps. Blessings to Silkie for helping out with all this!!!!!!!!!
This is my fawn duckwing OEG trio.
Oops, forgot pic...
Pretty......
Silver Duckwing Roo
