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Title: Saw this duck last week... Hybrid or weird molting phase mallard?
Post by: Spuddieselwwu on September 08, 2013, 10:21:37 PM

What do you guys think? Full white front.

Title: Re: Saw this duck last week... Hybrid or weird molting phase mallard?
Post by: huntindoc on September 08, 2013, 10:47:03 PM

hybrid with domestic

Title: Re: Saw this duck last week... Hybrid or weird molting phase mallard?
Post by: Kola16 on September 08, 2013, 10:48:51 PM

 :yeah: See them quite often in park and golf course ponds.

Title: Re: Saw this duck last week... Hybrid or weird molting phase mallard?
Post by: bknilvr00 on September 09, 2013, 05:54:30 AM

Chances are its a domestic breed. Not necessarily a hybrid. The swedish breeds have a white bib on the front like that one does. They look like hybrids with the coloration but its standard to the breed(s).

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Title: Re: Saw this duck last week... Hybrid or weird molting phase mallard?
Post by: tr122 on September 09, 2013, 07:04:59 AM

Most likely hybrid.  I see drake mallards with a chocolate brown heads instead of green at parks too. 

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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 09, 2013, 07:43:25 AM

Park duck!  Domestic.

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Post by: BiggLuke on September 10, 2013, 08:48:00 AM

Probably a hybrid.
Come mating season... any hen is fair game for mallards.
We used to raise ducks as kids, and I've seen groups of 6-8 mallard drakes raping every single one of our "pet" ducks.
Female... or male....

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Post by: rsarkks on September 10, 2013, 09:04:41 AM

Blue Swede, my parents raised them when I was young. I have seen them different times at public parks. People letting their pets go possible?

Title: Re: Saw this duck last week... Hybrid or weird molting phase mallard?
Post by: boneaddict on September 10, 2013, 09:39:31 AM

I was going to say hvidbrystet dansk   or Danish white breasted, a domestic breed.