Duck or goose

[mary v]

3 ducks from a nearby farm migrated to my yard. I got 2 more ducks this summer, I thought they were pekins. They are about 3 months old but have grown to be easily twice as big as my other 3 ducks.
Are they maybe geese or just better fed?

 

[featherhead007]

Look like big ducks, but I don't know anything of ducks or geese.

 

[Painted Calls]

Pekin ducks.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Large Pekin ducks.

 

[featherhead007]

Pekin ducks.

Yah, what she said!

 

[featherhead007]

Large Pekin ducks.

And her too!

 

[Corbdee]

Yeah jumbo Pekins that’s the breed

 

[Painted Calls]

Yeah jumbo Pekins that’s the breed

Yep. The CX of the duck world. Or so I've heard.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

You can’t mix up ducks and geese easily.
Those are just fat ducks.
Limit their feed.

 

[Trisseh]

Fatty Pekins. Cute though. you’re not the first to be confused, they can get pretty massive. The body carriage, body shape, and head/bill shape are all clues if you’re comparing ducks and geese though. Geese carry themselves taller, have a slender head and neck compared to their body, and have more of a triangular bill. And personality wise they’re much, much different. Haha. They also don’t quack. I put a photo below to give you an idea; left to right is: a silver appleyard duck (a heavyweight duck breed, similar in size to “normal” Pekins), a crested blue Swedish, and the toulouse goose.