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Silver Appleyard
Breed of duck / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Silver Appleyard is a British breed of domestic duck.[6] It was bred in the first half of the twentieth century by Reginald Appleyard, with the aim of creating a dual-purpose breed that would provide both a good quantity of meat and plenty of eggs.
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![]() Silver Appleyard drakes | |
Conservation status | FAO (2007): critically endangered[1]: 141 |
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Other names | Appleyard |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Use | dual-purpose |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Skin colour | white |
Egg colour | white |
Classification | |
APA | heavy duck[3] |
EE | no[4] |
PCGB | heavy[5] |
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