Ducks that don't fly

[coloradochick]

Just wondering if Pekins are the only BYD's that won't fly away?

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[poultrykeeper08]

most domestic ducks cant fly that well except for muscoveys and mallards and calls . rouns and aylesbury cant get off the ground but i have heard that runnersand cambells can fly a bit . But i dont think they can fly over a fence and such .

 

[sara]

I think the heavy breeds can't fly. Mallards and calls can.

 

[coloradochick]

So Sara what breeds are considered heavy if you don't mind me asking? When I look on the hatchery sites they don't identify heavies vs lights. Not that I've noticed anyway.

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[GwenFarms]

Muscovies, while they can fly, they don't usually fly away and leave your farm. They are more like lighter breeds of chickens and will fly for a short distance, across a fence, or something along those lines, but not fly away like a mallard will.

 

[poultrykeeper08]

in my book of poultry/gambirds/waterfowl it says that the large breeds are appleyards,aylesbury,muscovey,pekin,rouen and saxony

 

[coloradochick]

Thanks everyone!

C

 

[clay]

My rouens, runners, and cayuga cannot fly, though one runner and the wide-bodied cayuga have gotten themselves up to a chicken nest box about three feet off the floor!