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same region. During this period, buff was a very fashionable colour. As well as the black, the chocolate, and the blue variations, W. Cook created bibs on the chest that resembled white hearts. The
American Poultry Associations recognized them in 1914 after Cook introduced them to the United States at the Madison Square Garden Show in New York City in 1908.By 2011, there were 793 breeding buff ducks in North America, with 11 breeders engaged in breeding the species. As of today, there are five primary breeding flocks with 50 or more breeding birds.
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Orpington ducks are typically lighter than their khaki-coloured counterparts as a result of a recessive sex-linked dilution factor. It was found that a deficiency of vitamin U resulted in widespread deposition of black pigment in the feathers of buff orpington ducks, a breed normally not known for black pigmentation.
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Ducks with buff coloration are a cross between Indian Runner, Rouen and
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Orpington duck, but it was most likely absorbed into the Blue Swedish breed. Uniformity is key with regard
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Orpington Ducks are medium-sized ducks that range between 7 and 8 pounds in weight. The bird is large and broad, with an oval head and medium-length bill, as well as a gracefully curved neck. The Buff duck's body carries itself 20 degrees above horizontal, and its wings are short and curved.
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Orpington is listed on the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watch List. The orpingtons are classified as light ducks, but they are on the larger size scale. Their eggs are produced at an average rate of 150 per year, which makes them a Critically Endangered species.
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Orpington duck is available in three colour varieties: Buff, Blond and Brown. The Buff Orpington is an unstable colour due to a blue dilution gene which means that from the offspring, all three colour variations will appear.
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1722:Duck breeds
1578:Brecon Buff
1492:Scots Dumpy
1452:Modern Game
1442:Indian Game
1301:Small White
1296:Small Black
1223:Large White
1218:Large Black
1198:British Lop
1147:South Devon
1058:Wensleydale
993:Oxford Down
943:Hill Radnor
918:Exmoor Horn
908:Dorset Horn
903:Dorset Down
873:Clun Forest
777:Blue Albion
744:Tory Island
624:Welsh Black
614:South Devon
599:Lincoln Red
541:Beef cattle
342:(3): 21–24.
1716:Categories
1497:Scots Grey
1266:Cumberland
1028:Shropshire
1008:Rough Fell
948:Kerry Hill
754:White Park
230:References
183:Coloration
73:Skin color
1535:Orpington
1530:Aylesbury
1482:Orpington
1188:Berkshire
1099:Hebridean
1082:Primitive
1048:Teeswater
1043:Swaledale
1033:Southdown
963:Llanwenog
883:Dalesbred
863:Cambridge
732:Primitive
698:Glamorgan
688:Droimeann
609:Shorthorn
564:Blue Grey
512:Livestock
336:Diversity
255:Orpington
174:Body size
141:Orpington
121:Orpington
63:meat,eggs
33:Hahn Park
1583:Shetland
1550:Shetland
1502:Sebright
1487:Rosecomb
1414:Chickens
1354:Bilberry
1238:Tamworth
1023:Shetland
998:Portland
938:Herdwick
913:Easycare
878:Cotswold
772:Alderney
718:Shetland
713:Red Poll
708:Pembroke
652:Guernsey
642:Ayrshire
594:Highland
589:Hereford
584:Galloway
258:Archived
218:See also
200:Breeding
1619:poultry
1437:Ixworth
1432:Dorking
1402:Poultry
1258:Extinct
1129:Extinct
1089:Boreray
1038:Suffolk
1013:Ryeland
958:Lincoln
868:Cheviot
764:Extinct
160:History
1545:Magpie
1507:Sussex
1447:Legbar
1181:Extant
1003:Romney
978:Masham
923:Galway
811:Extant
749:Vaynol
678:Albion
657:Jersey
619:Sussex
574:Dexter
529:Cattle
68:Traits
1667:This
1617:This
1570:Geese
1517:Ducks
1379:Pygmy
1374:Irish
1349:Bagot
1329:Goats
1276:Grice
1243:Welsh
1208:Essex
1104:Jacob
968:Lleyn
800:Sheep
662:Kerry
604:Luing
569:Devon
318:(PDF)
91:light
1673:stub
1669:duck
1623:stub
1170:Pigs
1119:Soay
973:Lonk
192:Diet
149:ALBC
135:and
133:meat
119:The
101:Duck
87:PCGB
45:RBST
137:egg
123:or
60:Use
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