Big mallard or small Rouen?

[shawluvsbirds]

That's interesting, the show quality rouens look like a refrigerator that fell on it's side.

too funny

 

[Table4Six]

Her body length is only a little over twice the length of the Muscovy's head, she is smaller than one of his folded up wings. The other duck was a 12 week old and is already bigger than her. I just thought rouens were supposed to be big birds, at least bigger than buff ducks, aren't they like a meat bird? These guys must be pretty small but I guess that's what you get from TS lol. Do you think they will be able to hatch eggs? I know regular sized rouens usually have trouble with breaking them but these ones are smaller than my Muscovy hens and buff ducks and they have hatched eggs.

I'm sure if they went broody they could successfully hatch eggs. Even though domestic ducks can be a bit clumsy with their eggs, lol, instinct is enough to make them good moms. I have also had some of my full size broody ducks accidentally break some of their eggs, but of course they don't mean to.