difference between wild and domestic mallards?

[bock]

Sorry goat walker. I was under the impression that she just found a nest and decided to take some eggs!

I apolagize, I should be more understanding.

 

[Goat_Walker]

Oh its no problem! I never really said what happened. Regardless if she is wild or not i still love her and i was just worried about her size, im glad to know that she is normal! She sure is going to give me some small eggs though, lol

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

I had a girl that her mom was ran over and she was brought to me she was super tame. She was sweet but I never clipped her wings because that would be wrong for ... She would eat out of my hand and everything but the second she knew she could fly she was gone She came back once or twice the second time she came back she had a ducky friend ( A adult Male Mallard) she was a ton smaller than the mallards Ive had from Ideals mallards.

 

[Goat_Walker]

I have a feeling my brat is going to fly away too. She sure has been testing out her wings and just today i saw her fly a few feet. SHe scarred herself doing it, lol, but she still did it

 

[JoAnne Grace]

Way to go goat Walker we just rescued this little guy today. I wanted to keep him so bad! And my rehabbers that I work with did in fact tell me it was illegal. So... I had to surrender him. Too cute for words! Found him walking up a boat launch ramp, by his lonesome. Must have lost his family. Poor kid. He's very happy and healthy, jumps all around. I dumped on Google here to educate myself the difference between domesticated Mallard and wild mallards. And the big difference I found out was the size. Wild Mallards are much smaller, and domestic Mallards are much bigger. Of course the rehab were told me that as well, but I have found it hard to believe that was the only difference. So I Googled it. And so that is it, the size I fully enjoyed reading your story. Walker. Thanks for your experience

 

[JoAnne Grace]

Sorry about the few typos. I did take the time to edit it. But somehow or another either missed something, or autocorrect changed a few words. I'm sure you could figure out those errors though

 

[Quail Venom]

I am going to go out tomorrow and count the toes of my mallards... they're hatchery, but I don't think they're missing TOES!!! GROSS!

So to sell domestic mallard they have to be missing a toe, hatcheries remove one the toes so that they can identify them from while mallards per fish and game.

If they are larger than a wild mallard, then they are not a mallard and probably won't be missing a toe, and they're actually totally different breed.

Both wild and domestic Mallards are the same size, the only difference between the two is a "domestic" Mallard was born in captivity whereas a wild bollard It was one of the wild.

The larger looking "mallard" ducks are actually a breed called Rouen.

(If your not selling baby mallards and your keeping all your hatchlings to yourself the. Toe removal doesn't apply to you because you can back track to the parents as proof of domestic birth)