Silver Appleyard Miniature duck
The Silver Appleyard Miniature is a scaled-down Silver Appleyard, about a third of the large breed's size. It is kept for ornament and for showing.
The Silver Appleyard Miniature is a pure-bred duck breed in the PCGB Bantam class. Its origin is given as Folly Farm, Gloucestershire.
It is kept in bantam form. Recognised colours: Silver Appleyard pattern. Typical adult weights: drake about 1.4 kg and duck about 1.1 kg.
Expect roughly 60–160 eggs a year, with white shells. It is mainly kept for exhibition or as an ornamental bird.
Compiled from poultryclub.org, domestic-waterfowl.co.uk, poultrykeeper.com, en.wikipedia.org. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Duck
- Type
- Pure breed
- PCGB class
- Bantam
- Origin
- Folly Farm, Gloucestershire
- Kept for
- Exhibition or ornamental
History
Tom Bartlett created it at Folly Farm in Gloucestershire in the late 1980s. Folly Farm kept around 130 poultry breeds and also helped revive the large Silver Appleyard. The BWA standardised the Miniature in 1997. To avoid confusion, Reginald Appleyard's earlier 'Silver Appleyard Bantam' was renamed the Silver Bantam at the same time. The Miniature is not in the American Standard.
Appearance
A small version of the Silver Appleyard in plumage and shape. Poultrykeeper gives drakes about 1.4 kg and ducks about 1.1 kg.
Recognised colours
Silver Appleyard pattern
Size and weight
- Forms
- Bantam
- Drake
- 1.4 kg
- Duck
- 1.1 kg
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 60–160
- Egg colour
- White
- Notes
- Poultrykeeper gives about 60–160 eggs a year.
Temperament
- Keeping notes
- A small ornamental garden duck.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Good to know
- Don't confuse it with the Silver Bantam. That breed is a different cross and looks more like an Abacot Ranger.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
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