Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: robodad on January 03, 2009, 06:25:13 PM
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First I want to declare that I am not an expert on ducks, I don't eat them so I don't hunt them so a question to you seasoned duck heads, is a white mallard common or is this some other kind of duck ?? :dunno:
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10689/IMG_3263.JPG)
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not a mallard imo. almost looks domestic or a domestic cross
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It's a feral duck. :chuckle: Looks like a Pekin I think. We had some of them when I was growing up.
http://www.liveducks.com/breeds.html
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Ok I zoomed into another photo to see it better, I looked up those Pekin ducks and apparently they cannot fly but I assure you this one does. Could be one that learned how I guess !!!
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10689/IMG_3266.JPG)
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I don't consider myself an expert on much of anything but we had LOTS of them when I was a kid, and I can assure you they are capable of flight. Usually domestic ducks (turkeys and geese for that matter) are so used to food being brought to them, and are so out of shape they never really develops the muscles to become strong enough to fly.They don't need to search out food or migrate to survive. It's like they get room service.
I guess it could be a cross with a dominant recessive trait showing as well. As for the tail curl I believe it is only on the drakes and not on the hens.
I know of some people that have taken their "pet" ducks to parks and stuff and turned them loose so the general public can feed them. That would be one way those genes could be introduced into a wild population if it were a cross. I hated having them growing up; stinky nasty disgusting animals. It's probably why I won't eat them to this day. :puke:
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Albino Mallard... :chuckle: It is probably some kind of a Mallard/Domestic duck cross.
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My brother has a cross b/t a rooster chicken and a duck out by his place, wierdest looking thing I have ever seen...
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Alecvg-- Thats some funny :crap:
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Thats a Pekin and they can fly. ALot of domestic ones can't because they get too heavy and have limited flight so their muscles don't work. If thy are out and develope those muscles then they can fly.
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The general shape and look of the duck sure looks Mallard! Even has the curles on its tail like a drake mallard. Nice pictures.
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It is a pekin. Yes they can fly I got some years ago because I was told the could not fly. Well they can right over the 4' fence :chuckle:
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Looks like dinner! :EAT:
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My brother has a cross b/t a rooster chicken and a duck out by his place, wierdest looking thing I have ever seen...
ummm, it is not genetically possible!
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My brother has a cross b/t a rooster chicken and a duck out by his place, wierdest looking thing I have ever seen...
ummm, it is not genetically possible!
Can you get some pics for us? I want to see this!
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I'm surprised nobody said it was the Aflac duck. I had to to add it as I work for Aflac and its all about the duck.
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Was this in the same pond as the brown Normandy goose?
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Tail curls like a drake, orange bill like a hen?
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Was this in the same pond as the brown Normandy goose?
I don't think so, this duck was in the ocean or Sequim Bay at least (saltwater) and it would fly with the other green headed ducks back and forth between a pond on the other side of the road and Sequim Bay so I don't know maybe !!! :dunno:
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The big question to ask is, how did it taste?
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The big question to ask is, how did it taste?
I hear it tasted like Duck!
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My brother has a cross b/t a rooster chicken and a duck out by his place, wierdest looking thing I have ever seen...
ummm, it is not genetically possible!
wonder if its an indian runner duck they are kinda goofy looking might think it was part chicken.....
the domestic ducks can fly but if they are exotic domestics fancy drakes are typically pinioned (last segment of the wing is removed) so they cannot fly, when we had a pair that is what was done to them as hatchlings so they never could fly.
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My buddy has an Albino mallard hen mounted. A flock of mallards came in and he busted that one. It's an awesome bird.
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there's been a bunch of domestic/wild crossbred ducks on the lower kalama river for many years now. they look like big mallards, some have white blotches on them.
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I'm not a duck expert by any means but you can usually tell the difference between a domesticated duck and a wild one if you know what you're looking for.