Silver Mallards

Silver mallards are a bit of a mystery. It's virtually impossible to find anything online about them. The only thing I have been able to find is that hunters occasionally shoot one and that they are super popular with taxidermist. 

I managed to get a small number of silver mallards from two different breeders. For several reasons, I know they are unrelated to each other. But, because I had so few, from both breeders, I decided to outcross the few I had to larger number of hatchery mallards. The result would be natural colored mallards that carried silver.

I then bred the silvers back to the natural colored mallards who carried silver to produce silver mallards. By introducing the new genes from the hatchery mallards, I knew the birds would  no be  inbred.  It took an extra year but now I know I have genetically diverse silver mallards.  These are very pleasant ducks. They are not messy and or nervous, and are very quiet for a duck. 

If you really want a fun duck to have around, this would be a good choice. Bear in mind they can fly, so you will have to keep them penned. The hatchery mallards carried the heavy lay rate gene so these birds lay a lot of eggs. 

This year I am mating some silver mallard drakes to some standard Rouens. If they manage to mate, I will have Rouen's that carry silver. I will  then mate them back to themselves, and, with any hope, next year I will have silver Rouen's! 

My goal is to move this beautiful mutation onto some of my bigger birds. 

The birds are laying so if you want some silver mallard eggs, you can order them on ebay. Just click the button below and you will be taken to my ebay store.  If you live locally, I am happy to hatch some ducklings for you. If you want some adult birds, I have a few pairs to sell. You can contact me through this website or email to ddsindc@gmail.com