Runner and Mallard cross?

Vickers58 said:

Does anyone else have a mallard x runner? This surprise duckling has us wondering what it may grow up to look like.... Please share pictures if you have them!!

Here are the parents....

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Russian Blue said:

I have hatched quite a few of the reverse cross, a fawn and white runner drake with a mallard. The resulting ducks are either all buff (strangely enough) or medium brown. In my avatar pic, the drake in the center and the girl on the far left are runner x mallard. This is a wonderful cross, IMO. They are smaller in size, lay well and can't fly over the fence.

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blueducklings said:

I ordered a batch of runners 2 summers ago and the breeder said a mallard might have gotten into the enclosure
The result was a bunch of runners that did not stand totally upright and had somewhat fatter bodies
They could also clear a 3 foot fence
They had beautiful colors but they had a wild streak
Not like the runners I am used to getting from this breeder

They were also quite a bit shorter than the pure bred runners I have

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NathanZee said:

Can they fly at all?

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Russian Blue said:

They can get off the ground a few feet for a very short distance, but they have never gotten over my 5 foot fence.

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