Wednesday 24 April 2013

Ducks: Domestic Mallards That Look Like Wild Mallards

Buff Orpington
Two posts in a day! Yay! (unexpected rhyme). Lucky peeps. Here is a post about Mallards. All domestic ducks except Muscovies are Mallards. I told you that in Getting Familiar With The Three Ducks so you will know but it is worth saying AGAIN. Some domestic ducks have been bred into different plumages, but some have been bred to keep their wild Mallard plumage. There are loads with almost identical females, so I will only show you drakes. I have also put some hybid wild Mallards here. Here we go! Quack! Actually, not quack! We are talking drakes here! No drakes quack! Sooo.. UN-QUACK!!!: Thanks to Feathersite and a few others for the photos!!
Abacot Ranger
American Saxony
Australian Spots. (Austraylia Mayte!) 

Streicher Runner


Golden Cascade (nice name!)


Elizabeth ducks




Grey Call-duck
Hookbill
Mallard-pattern Silky
Miniature Crested (AFRODUCK!!!!)
it comes normal size too.  
wild x domestic Mallard, aka
Manky Mallard or Duclair.    
Miniature Silver Appleyard
(nice name too!)

another Duclair variant 
yet another Duclair
Snowy Mallards
here comes ANOTHER Duclair variant




Mallard x Gadwall; a "Madwall".

Mallard x Northern Pintail

Mallard x Teal
Rouen Clair. Rouen Clair have such deep, meaty breasts
they cannot fly at all.
Rouen. Rouen are only capable of very
short flights due to their heavy breast,
bred to have lots of meat.



ALL HAIL AFRODUCK!!!!!



So, there's a load of ducks. Conclusion: AfroDuck is epic. Other conclusion: If a duck looks like a Mallard but not quite, it is a domestic breed gone feral (or not probably if it's by a farm or village pond) or a Duclair or a Mallard x something. BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!  

2 comments:

  1. The lay out of the photos was perfect until I published it. sorry :o)

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  2. Yes I too have a domestic mallard mix duck. We call him Marvin the duck.I have pictures but do not know how to post them. So fun watching as there are other mallard ducks, and wood ducks I see.

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