Dream Duck - What's yours?

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Hello everyone! Back again with the dream series! It's really fun to host them and it gets you thinking! Also I'm trying to make more threads, I don't have many.

Alright. What kind of duck is your dream duck? Your dream color of duck? Your dream temperament?
Answer all of these below! I'm excited to see your answers : D

 

[KathiQuacks]

Oh, so many. My dream breed hands-down has got to be Saxonies, especially the Saxony hens. I still remember first searching through duck breeds and coming across this picture from McMurray’s hatchery - I mean, how stunning

My other top favorite breeds are Blue Swedish, Cayuga, and Welsh Harlequin hens, specifically the Welshes with lotsss of extra white. Here’s another great example from McMurray.

*Edit to add, I also have a newfound love for Muscovy ducks! I don’t have a specific color or breed that I like yet, but I do love their caruncles and long, wagging tails

My actual dream duck plumage that doesn’t really have a specific breed would be a chocolate, white-bibbed duck with random splotches of white throughout their body. These pictures of the Chocolate Anconas from Worth It Farms is rather similar, but not quite what I’m imagining.

Personally, I’d want the duck to be mostly chocolate, and have the white-bib and white-splotches be distinguishable from each other.

Despite it being a defect, I do still quite like the appearance of crested ducks, so if any of these ducks were also crested, it would just be the cherry on top

I haven’t really thought about a dream temperament. I think the obvious answer is ducks that walk right up to you, follow you around, don’t mind being touched, and drakes that never fight, and always ask for consent to mate But that’s a bit unrealistic, hence it being a ‘dream’ temperament.

I basically have my dream temperament with my ducks already - they’re loud, bossy, walk up to me for food, will eat out of my hands. One of my hens wags her tail just at the sight of me. My drake is about as mellow as a drake can be. It’s very nice. I don’t think I’d change a thing

 

[Canadian Wind]

MUSCOVY! (you needed to ask?) I would love to get some Lavenders. I love all their patterns, but I think my preferred one is the Whitehead Magpie pattern.

As for regular domestics, I really like Buff Orpingtons, as well as Saxony and Welsh Harlequins.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Indian Runners!

 

[KathiQuacks]

MUSCOVY! (you needed to ask?) I would love to get some Lavenders. I love all their patterns, but I think my preferred one is the Whitehead Magpie pattern.

As for regular domestics, I really like Buff Orpingtons, as well as Saxony and Welsh Harlequins.

Ohh, I wasn’t even thinking about Muscovies just the domestic-mallard breeds. I need to add Muscovy to my answer!!

 

[KathiQuacks]

Let me @ some duck people that I know of @Jenbirdee @Luv Ducks @Miss Lydia @cheezenkwackers @ruthhope @Nero70002 @New duck mommy 2021 What’s y’all’s dream duck?

 

[Canadian Wind]

Although, if it were my TRUE dream duck, it would clean up after itself!!!

 

[ProudRedneck]

Six months ago, I finally bit the bullet and purchased three of my dream ducks (Welsh, Appleyard, & Blue Swedish hens). The only remaining ones I want are a Magpie hen and a Saxony drake. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get my Saxony drake until I lose my 1st Gen drakes.
I am with Canadian Wind on the self-cleaning type of duck.

Side note: I'm a new chicken mom now too

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Oh, so many. My dream breed hands-down has got to be Saxonies, especially the Saxony hens. I still remember first searching through duck breeds and coming across this picture from McMurray’s hatchery - I mean, how stunning
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This is my new dream breed!! How prettyyyy

MUSCOVY! (you needed to ask?) I would love to get some Lavenders. I love all their patterns, but I think my preferred one is the Whitehead Magpie pattern.

As for regular domestics, I really like Buff Orpingtons, as well as Saxony and Welsh Harlequins.

Oh my GOSH are lavenders pretty. I love any lavender bird

 

[CloneFly]

Tiny little call ducks!