Silver Appleyard Ducks
A very nice Appleyard drake
Photo courtesy of Matt Stillman
The Silver Appleyard was developed in Britain during the 1930s and '40s by Reginald Appleyard, a widely known breeder of domestic waterfowl. He was trying to produce "The Ideal Duck."
The drakes are quick to mature and make fine table fowl. The 7-8 pound duck is an excellent layer of large white eggs. The duck is silvery-white with a heavy flecking of fawn on her back. The 8-9 pound drake has a beetle green head and neck and his throat is white with fawn markings. Add to this his silver-white neck ring, breast, wing coverts, and tail tip and you have a very handsome bird. Beak should be yellow, legs and feet orange, and eyes dark hazel.
This breed also appears as the Miniature Appleyard.
Silver Appleyard Links:
Little House Poultry Farm's Silver Appleyard Ducks
Appleyard Ducks at Kintaline Farm Poultry and Waterfowl Centre, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK
Miniature Silver Appleyards at e-chickens
A pretty Silver Appleyard duck
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
Miniature Silver Appleyard young duck, Best Waterfowl,
UK, in 2002
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A pair of Silver Appleyards
A young female
Photo courtesy of Katrin Becker
Another shot of the pair of Silver Appleyards
A flock of young Appleyards
Photo courtesy of Pam Marshall
The same flock from above
Photo courtesy of Pam Marshall
All grown up!
Photo courtesy of Pam Marshall
Silver Appleyard ducklings
Photo courtesy of Sue Flude
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