AT PATO POINTE WE SPECIALIZE IN BREEDING PURE BREED CAYUGA AND ANCONA DUCKS AS WELL AS MIXED BREED DUCKINGS AND GOSLINGS.
OVER TIME OF DUCK FARMING WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF MIXED BREED DUCKS AND GEESE. WE FIND THIER UNIQUE COLORS AND PATTERNS A FINE ADDITION TO THE FLOCK AND FARM.
PARENT FLOCK
OUR BREEDING FLOCK WAS INITIALLY OBTAINED THROUGH CERTIFIED METZER FARM.
WE SELECTED OUR BREEDS BASED UPON SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING: EGG LAYING ABILITY, RARITY OF THE SPECIES, PLUMAGE COLORS AND PATTERNS, OVERALL TEMPERAMENT.
OUR DRAKES AND GANDER ARE ALWAYS PURE BREED CAYUGA, ANCONA, AND SEBASTOPOLS. OUR DUCKS AND GEESE ARE PURE BREED CAYUGA, ANCONA, GOLDEN LAYERS, WELCH HARLEQUIN, SLIVER APPLEYARD DUCKS, AND SEBASTOPOLS, AFRICAN, AND CHINESE GEESE. THOSE SOLD AS PRUE BREEDS WILL BE INDICATED AS SUCH.
ARTISIT'S PALETTE DUCKLINGS & GOSLINGS
INSPIRED BY A PAINT SPLASHED ARTIST?S PALETTE, WE CREATED THE PATO POINTE ARTIST?S PALETTE MIXED BREED GOSLINGS AND DUCKLINGS.
EACH BEING LITTLE WORKS OF NATURAL ART THAT ADD BEAUTY TO YOUR FLOCK OR BREEDING PROGRAM. PART OF THE JOY OF OWING AN ARTIST?S PALETTE IS THAT THEIR COLORS CHANGE AS THEY AGE INTO ADULTHOOD.
OUR BREEDING PRACTICE
WE DO NOT INBREED OUR DUCKS OR GESSE. ALL HATCHLINGS HAVE NON-RELATED, PURE BREED PARENTS.
WE DO NOT FORCE BREED MEANING WE LET OUR BOYS AND GIRLS MIX AND MINGLE, BUT WE DO KEEP TO THE SPECIES LISTED UNDER PARENT FLOCK SECTION. HOWEVER, YOUR DUCKLING WILL HAVE A PURE BREED CAYUGA OR ANCONA AS A PAPA. YOUR GOSLING WILL HAVE A PURE BREED SEBASTOPOL PAPA. THE MAMAS WILL BE ONE OF THE SPECIES LISTED.
OUR DUCKS HAVE EASY GOING TEMPERAMENTS AND STILL ENJOY BEING HAND FED EVEN AS ADULTS.