Duck color
Blue
In coats and feathers the fanciers' blue: a dilution of black that looks slate gray, as in blue dogs, Russian Blue cats, blue rabbits and blue pigeons. In eyes and eggshells a true blue.
35 Duck breeds list Blue. It is in a club standard for 28 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Blue
| Breed | APA | PCGB | EE | BWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call duck | Standard (“Pastel; Blue Fawn; Blue Bibbed”) | Standard (“Blue Mallard; Blue Dusky; Blue Silver”) | Standard (“blau; blau-wildfarbig; blau mit Latz; blau-gelb; grobgescheckt blau; grobgescheckt blau-gelb; grobgescheckt blau-wildfarbig; blua-silberwildfarbig”) | Standard (“Blue Mallard; Blue Dusky; Blue Silver”) |
| Call duckBlue | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau”) | No ruling |
| Call duckPastel | Standard (“Pastel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Call duckBlue Fawn | Standard (“Blue Fawn”) | Standard (“Blue Mallard”) | Standard (“blau-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Blue Mallard”) |
| Call duckBlue Bibbed | Standard (“Blue Bibbed”) | No ruling | Standard (“blau mit Latz”) | No ruling |
| Call duckBlue Silver | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Silver”) | Standard (“blua-silberwildfarbig”) | Standard (“Blue Silver”) |
| Call duckBlue Dusky | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Dusky”) | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Dusky”) |
| Call duckBlue Buff | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau-gelb”) | No ruling |
| Call duckBlue Pied | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“grobgescheckt blau”) | No ruling |
| Call duckBlue Buff Pied | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“grobgescheckt blau-gelb”) | No ruling |
| Call duckBlue Mallard Pied | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“grobgescheckt blau-wildfarbig”) | No ruling |
| Indian Runner | Standard (“Cumberland Blue”) | Standard (“Cumberland Blue; Blue Dusky; Blue Trout”) | Standard (“blau; blau-forellenfarbig; blau-gelb”) | Standard (“Cumberland Blue; Blue Dusky; Blue Trout”) |
| Indian RunnerCumberland Blue | Standard (“Cumberland Blue”) | Standard (“Cumberland Blue”) | Standard (“blau”) | Standard (“Cumberland Blue”) |
| Indian RunnerBlue Dusky | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Dusky”) | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Dusky”) |
| Indian RunnerBlue Trout | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Trout”) | Standard (“blau-forellenfarbig”) | Standard (“Blue Trout”) |
| Indian RunnerBlue Buff | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau-gelb”) | No ruling |
| Magpie duck | Standard (“Blue and White”) | Standard (“Blue and White”) | Standard (“blau”) | Standard (“Blue and White”) |
| Magpie duckBlue | Standard (“Blue and White”) | Standard (“Blue and White”) | Standard (“blau”) | Standard (“Blue and White”) |
| Muscovy duck | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“Blue; Blue Magpie”) | Standard (“blau; Schecken blau; blau-wildfarbig; blau-weißkopf”) | Standard (“Blue; Blue Magpie”) |
| Muscovy duckBlue | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“blau”) | Standard (“Blue”) |
| Muscovy duckBlue Magpie | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Magpie”) | Standard (“Schecken blau”) | Standard (“Blue Magpie”) |
| Muscovy duckBlue Wild Type | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau-wildfarbig”) | No ruling |
| Muscovy duckBlue White Headed | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau-weißkopf”) | No ruling |
| Pekin duckEyes | No ruling | Standard (“The eyes are blue”) | No ruling | Standard (“The eyes are blue”) |
| Rouen duck | No ruling | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“blau-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Blue”) |
| Saxony duck | Standard (“Saxony”) | Standard (“Saxony”) | Standard (“blau-gelb”) | Standard (“Saxony”) |
| Swedish duck | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“solid blue on the body with two white primaries”) | Standard (“blau mit Latz”) | Standard (“solid blue on the body with two white primaries”) |
| Swedish duckBlue | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“solid blue on the body with two white primaries”) | Standard (“blau mit Latz”) | Standard (“solid blue on the body with two white primaries”) |
Breeds where Blue is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| Aylesbury duckEyes |
| Buff duck |
| Cayuga duck |
| Cayuga duckEggshell |
| Crested duck |
| Indian RunnerEggshell |
| Saxony duckEggshell |