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| Roedy Green |
Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
convention get started?
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| High Flight |
Roedy Green <look-at-the-website-for-actual-Roedy@mindprod.com> says...
> Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
Donald and Daffy would disagree!
> Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
> convention get started?
Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
Pecans? Picans?
Jack
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| Louis Boyd |
Roedy Green wrote:
> Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
>
> Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
> convention get started?
Not bright yellow like a canary or lutino ringneck, but:
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/...s/BRKSwYel.html
I remember Donald, Daisy, Huey, Dewey, and Louie as being white.
Daffy was black.
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| Toucanldy |
>Subject: Re: Yellow ducks
>From: High Flight jac@apk.net
>Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
>Pecans? Picans?
Pekins.
Regards
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| Louis Boyd |
High Flight wrote:
> Roedy Green <look-at-the-website-for-actual-Roedy@mindprod.com> says...
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>>Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
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> Donald and Daffy would disagree!
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>>Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
>>convention get started?
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>
> Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
> Pecans? Picans?
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Yes! Baby pekin ducks have yellow down. They grow white feathers
though. No doubt that's the inspiration for the pictures and the
classic rubber ducky bath toys.
See:
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/...s/BRKPekin.html
two pictures of babies at the bottom of the page.
They're certainly cuter than most baby birds!
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Lou Boyd
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| Katra |
Roedy Green wrote:
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> Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
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> Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
> convention get started?
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> Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Any baby ducks that will be white as adults start out
as yellow colored fuzzy little cuties. ;-) Same with chickens.
Most commercial ducks raised for meat are Pekins and they
are a large white duck, with fuzzy yellow babies...
K.
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| Katra |
High Flight wrote:
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> Roedy Green <look-at-the-website-for-actual-Roedy@mindprod.com> says...
> > Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
>
> Donald and Daffy would disagree!
>
> > Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
> > convention get started?
>
> Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
> Pecans? Picans?
>
> Jack
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> --
Pekins.
K.
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| Katra |
Louis Boyd wrote:
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> High Flight wrote:
> > Roedy Green <look-at-the-website-for-actual-Roedy@mindprod.com> says...
> >
> >>Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
> >
> >
> > Donald and Daffy would disagree!
> >
> >
> >
> >>Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
> >>convention get started?
> >
> >
> > Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
> > Pecans? Picans?
> >
>
> Yes! Baby pekin ducks have yellow down. They grow white feathers
> though. No doubt that's the inspiration for the pictures and the
> classic rubber ducky bath toys.
>
> See:
> http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/...s/BRKPekin.html
>
> two pictures of babies at the bottom of the page.
> They're certainly cuter than most baby birds!
> --
> Lou Boyd
Only thing cuter IMHO is a baby goose...
Baby emus come in a close second tho'. ;-)
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/...tes/BRKEmu.html
Kat
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| oldmolly |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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> High Flight wrote:
> > Roedy Green <look-at-the-website-for-actual-Roedy@mindprod.com> says...
> >
> >>Ducks are traditionally shown bright yellow in drawings.
> >
> >
> > Donald and Daffy would disagree!
> >
> >
> >
> >>Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
> >>convention get started?
> >
> >
> > Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
> > Pecans? Picans?
> >
>
> Yes! Baby pekin ducks have yellow down. They grow white feathers
> though. No doubt that's the inspiration for the pictures and the
> classic rubber ducky bath toys.
>
> See:
> http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/...s/BRKPekin.html
>
> two pictures of babies at the bottom of the page.
> They're certainly cuter than most baby birds!
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I think most light coloured ducks have fluffy yellow babies. Sweeeeeet.
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| High Flight |
Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> says...
>>>Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
>>>convention get started?
>>
>> Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
>> Pecans? Picans?
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> Yes! Baby pekin ducks have yellow down. They grow white feathers
> though. No doubt that's the inspiration for the pictures and the
> classic rubber ducky bath toys.
Speaking of Rubber Ducky, do you know (off the top of your head) who wrote
and sang the hit novelty song of many decades ago?
Jack
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| Louis Boyd |
High Flight wrote:
> Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> says...
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>>>>Are there any bright yellow ducks in real life? How did this
>>>>convention get started?
>>>
>>>Probably from those domesticated "farm" ducks. What are they called?
>>>Pecans? Picans?
>>
>>Yes! Baby pekin ducks have yellow down. They grow white feathers
>>though. No doubt that's the inspiration for the pictures and the
>>classic rubber ducky bath toys.
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> Speaking of Rubber Ducky, do you know (off the top of your head) who wrote
> and sang the hit novelty song of many decades ago?
>
> Jack
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Not off the top of my head, but google search found it on the Quncy
Jones "Dollar" LP recorded in 1972. He wasn't the original artist. I
believe that honor goes to "Ernie" on Sesame St. That was not later than
1969. In those days Ernie was Jim Henson who did many of the puppet
voices including Kermit.
http://www.muppetcentral.com/articl...narticle4.shtml
You can download the Ernie-Henson version of "Rubber Ducky" and listen at:
http://www.barbneal.com/sesame.asp
Maybe your birds will enjoy it. ;-)
Speaking of yellow ducks, what's Sesame Street's "Big Bird" supposed to be?
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| Steve |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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> >
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> Not off the top of my head, but google search found it on the Quncy
> Jones "Dollar" LP recorded in 1972. He wasn't the original artist. I
> believe that honor goes to "Ernie" on Sesame St. That was not later than
> 1969. In those days Ernie was Jim Henson who did many of the puppet
> voices including Kermit.
It almost had to be later than 1969. Sesame Street didn't even debut until
november of '69.
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> Speaking of yellow ducks, what's Sesame Street's "Big Bird" supposed to
be?
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He's a canary.
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> Lou Boyd
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| High Flight |
Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> says...
>>>Yes! Baby pekin ducks have yellow down. They grow white feathers
>>>though. No doubt that's the inspiration for the pictures and the
>>>classic rubber ducky bath toys.
>>
>> Speaking of Rubber Ducky, do you know (off the top of your head) who wrote
>> and sang the hit novelty song of many decades ago?
>
> Not off the top of my head, but google search found it
[...]
Thanks for the links, but that was meant to be a quiz. :P
> Speaking of yellow ducks, what's Sesame Street's "Big Bird" supposed to be?
This is a WAG. Bernie Kosar!
Jack
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