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The Swedish Blue (Template:Lang-sv) is a breed of domesticated duck which emerged during the 19th century in Swedish Pomerania, near the Baltic shores of what is now modern Germany and Poland. Within the American Standard of Perfection, the "blue" is the only variety of the breed "Swedish".
Description
The Swedish Blue is a medium sized bird: the male weighs between 3–4 kg and the female usually weighs 2.5–3.5 kg. Swedish Blue ducks are very calm birds and make good beginner's ducks. They produce 100 eggs per year of 80–90 g weight. They love to free range and will go broody.
Genetics
The color of Swedish Blue ducks is due to heterozygosity in a color gene. If a Swedish Blue duck and drake breed, the young are the usual 25% / 50% / 25% ratio in:
- 25%: A homozygous form, black where the blue should be.
- 50%: Heterozygous, as the parents.
- 25%: The other homozygous form, splashed or silver with combinations of blue and black and white.
Distribution
The Swedish Blue is a relatively popular breed of duck. The population of Swedish blue ducks in Sweden consists of only 148 breeding birds; its conservation status in its homeland was listed as "critical" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2007 and in 2014 was listed as "endangered-maintained". This breed of duck is listed as "watch" by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
See also
References
- Breed data sheet: Svensk Blå Anka/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2014.
- The Poultry Club of Great Britain: Ducks
- APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties, 2012
- ^ "Swedish Duck". The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed August 2014.
- Transboundary breed: Swedish Blue. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2014.
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