Bought as Mallards, but I'm calling them Ruens

[QuackerJackFarms]

YES! That's what I'm talking about. That second line is not broken up.

 

[Apyl]

Sorry I'm gonna go against the grain and say they look like mallards to me. Rouens have 2 solid lines yours do not. Here is pics of my most recent mallards, if you notice they are one line with a smudge on the bottom just like yours. Also the parents you show pics of look mallard to me, Rouens are much larger and have much larger chests.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

I'm going to change my vote to Mallard now that I have Apyl to back me up. It's just the hens in the parent stock look bigger to me in comparison to the drakes. But that could be the perspective too.

 

[Oregon Blues]

They look like "Mallards" to me.

Mallard ducks are very small. They are bantams. They lay very few eggs and are seasonal layers. That means they are not suited to being sold and shipped by the hatcheries.

So, whatever the hatcheries are selling as "Mallards" are not mallards. They are just generic gray colored ducks. But those look like "Mallards" to me.

The same as hatchery "Rouens". They are not Rouens. They are just larger size generic gray colored ducks.

 

[DuckLover3]

Can your ducks fly? If they can, they are mallards, as Rouens can only jump/fly about a yard high, nothing more.

 

[DuckLover3]

Oh, oops! I must have pressed something because I just submitted the above to the wrong thread! lol

 

[DuckLover3]

Can your ducks fly? If they can they are mallards, as Rouens can only jump/fly about a yard high, nothing more.

 

[DuckLover3]

ahhh! I did it again! Any idea why it keeps jumping to this thread????

 

[DuckLover3]

oooh, nvm....I officially fell stupid! lol

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

ahhh! I did it again! Any idea why it keeps jumping to this thread????

LMBO! That was funny. It's done that to me before. There are some gliches going on. The other day I logged on and it said I had 72 PM's. (??)