Silver Appleyard Duck Hatching Eggs

Availability: Straight-Run Ducklings

APA Classification: Heavy Duck

Average Size: 6 – 8lbs

Plumage: The drake has a chestnut red breast, flank, sides, and shoulders with white "frosting and lacing" and a "creamy or silvery white" underside. Drakes' wings are grey and white with a cross-stripe of bright blue. Their tail feathers are a dark bronze colour. The Silver Appleyard hen is whitish with markings in various shades of brown and grey. Her legs are yellow or orange with dark toenails and she, like the drake, also has wings marked with a blue cross-stripe

Durability/Disposition: Hardy, Adaptable, Can be Tamed, Friendly, Good Pets, Hens will go broody

Meat: Matures fairly slowly and provides well-flavored meat

Egg Production: 200-270 large white eggs yearly