Adult birds available now updated as of February 10, 2012

THE FOLLOWING FINE QUALITY MATURE BIRDS will be available soon for shipping or pick-up at the farm.  Some of the varieties offered here are extremely rare.   Those varieties followed by an asterisk* are sold only as adults.

CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING MANY FINE WINS from the summer and fall shows.  Just a few examples:   we sent Gray Calls to a customer who received them on a Friday, he took to them to a show the next day and won Champion Waterfowl.  Another customer won Reserve Bantam Waterfowl at the 2009 APA National in Illinois with a Black East Indie he raised out of a pair we sent him last fall. A Magpie out of our stock took Reserve Champion Waterfowl at the APA Semi-annual in Hamburg NY in May of this year. Our waterfowl have many generations of careful breeding behind them, which makes it possible for us to offer world-class show birds in addition to excellent foundation breeding stock to enrich your breeding program.

BECAUSE OUR MAIN MISSION has been the preservation of rare breeds, we have kept multiple strains of each breed we work with here at The Preservation Center.  Unfortunately, due to the drastic increases in the costs of feed, bedding and other supplies needed to maintain such a large number of waterfowl matings, we are needing to reduce our number of breeding birds.  This means we are offering some premium mature ducks and geese that in the past would have been kept for our breeding program.

TO INSURE THEIR HEALTH, our flocks are routinely blood tested and inspected by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Unless a customer requests otherwise, we worm all birds leaving The Preservation Center with Ivermectin so that you will know the last time they were wormed.  All the birds offered here been carefully graded according to their breed standards and are priced accordingly.  See Adult Birds Price List page for details of price categories.

IF YOU FIND ANY BIRDS listed below that you want,  reserve them by calling or e-mailing us.   We will hold them for you if payment is received within 5 workdays.

THANK YOU TO ALL who have purchased stock from the Preservation Center over the years and thus helped finance our mission to save some of the world's rarest varieties of domestic waterfowl from extinction.  We could not do this work without you!

 

Geese Available Now

• Brown African:  The winningest line of Africans over the last three decades.  A few ganders and pairs available to enrich your breeding program or for showing.  Breeder quality $85 each.  Show birds at $100, $150, $200, $300 & $500 per bird.

• Giant White Embden (photo):  A few ganders and pairs available in the winningest line of true Embdens in North American.  Show birds at $100, $200, $300 & $500 per bird.

• Oregon Mini Geese*: The smallest domestic true goose we know of, typically weighing 6-8 pounds.  Excellent foragers, attentive parents, heavily muscled despite small size.  Various colors including White, Splash, Gray, Belted, Saddleback and auto-sexing.  Pairs & trios available.  $100, $150 & $200 per bird.

• Mini Pilgrim* (photo on left):  As above, but colored like Pilgrims:  males predominantly white, females gray with more or less white on face & had.  Pairs & trios available.  $100, $150 & $200 per bird.

• Mini Sebastopol*: A few smooth-breasted available in various colors. $200 per bird.

• Brown Chinese (photo):  Our national show winning, small-bodied, tall, extremely refined strain with exceptionally rich plumage color and distinct markings.  Some excellent show birds available in ganders & pairs. $100, $150 & $200 per bird.

 

Bantam Ducks Available Now

• Australian Spotted (photo):  These beautiful little ducks are outstanding foragers, extremely hardy, fine natural parents and among the best layers of the bantam breeds.  Greenhead, Bluehead and Silverhead available in drakes & pairs available. $25, $38, $50, $75 & $100 per bird.

• Silver Miniature Appleyard (photo):  Beautiful little ducks with plumage colors similar to Snowy Calls.  Highly decorative, excellent foragers, dandy setters. Drakes & pairs available.  $25, $38, $50, $75 & $100 per bird.

• Mini Overberg*: This extremely rare bantam duck weighs 26-38 ounces and has the blue snowy color pattern.  Hardy, active foragers and fine natural parents.  $50 per pair.

• White Mallard*:  Nice conformation and the size of small wild Mallards.  $50/pair.

• Call Ducks*: (photo) Petite cuties in Gray, White, Blue Fawn, Pastel, and Butterscotch (drakes only in Butterscotch).  Along with East Indies, these are the smallest of all bantam duck breeds.  Drakes & pairs available. $25, $38, $50 & $75 per bird.

• Silkie Ducks: (photo) Extremely rare and interesting little ducks with lacy feathering.  Outstanding foragers, friendly and good setters.  Drakes & pairs available.  Call or email for colors currently available.  $38, $50, $75 & $100 per bird.

• Heterozygous (normal feathered) Silkies: These are an excellent source for improved reproduction and new colors in Silkies.  Mating two heterozygous birds produces 25% silkie feathered and 75% normal feathered offspring.  A heterozygous mated to homozygous produces 50% silkies and 50% normal feathered offspring.  Colors available include Blue Fawn, Aleutian, Gray and Black at $18 per bird; Pastel and Blue Butterscotch at $25 per bird. Drakes & pairs available.

 

Special Assorted Bantam Sale

  If you could use some healthy, robust bantam ducks for pets, decoration, entertainment or pest control (ducks seek out and consume quantities of slugs, snails, mosquito larva, earwigs, flies and other lawn & garden nemeses) and are not particular of the breed, this special sale is an excellent way to try them at greatly reduced prices.  May include any of the following (strictly our choice at these prices):  Mini Appleyard, any color of Australian Spotted, Mini Overberg, any color of Call, any color of heterozygous Silkie.  $35 per pair; $65 for 2 pairs; $85 for 3 pairs; $125 for 5 pairs; 8 or more pairs at $20 per pair.

  Our choice of sex and variety:  $10 per bird; 6 or more birds at $7 each; 10 or more birds at $6 each.

 

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