Table 2.

Ma color percentage (MA) in the progeny of 4 Putian Black sires and 24 dams Putian Black. For each sire, is given the number of dams (NDA), number of ducklings (NDU) number of ma (NMA) or black (NBL) ducklings

Sire wing N°	NDA	NDU	NMA	NBL	MA (%)
X204	4	53	11	42	20.75
C394	7	108	23	85	21.30
D542	5	67	15	52	22.40
E345	8	109	29	80	26.61
Total	24	337	78	259	23.15

Ma = Duckling’s down pattern and color similar to that of the Shan Ma duckling.

Black = Duckling down of extended black color.