Help!?! Mallard or Rouen

[Texag87]

They are a Tractor Supply. They sell whatever is sent to them, but yes. Rouens, too.

Ours are a nice variety from TSC. 3 Rouens , 3 Pekins, 2 KC's and one clown......a runner.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Runner are really clowns I have 5 of em. They really make me laugh.

 

[Brahmb]

So... after sending a pic to the duck lady at TSC, she claims they are mallards because their pin feathers are teal. She said if they were purple they would be Rouens. I think they’re mallards now because one easily lifted up and over our 4 foot picket fence to get back in the yard. Sigh. I was hoping for more eggs than mallards produce. Which brings up another interesting thing she said.

She told me that she’d been experimenting with feed on some of her ducks that are a Rouen/mallard mix. When she feeds them layer feed, they lay more. When she stops the layer feed and goes to game feed they lay less. Will layer feed “make” ducks lay more, even if they aren’t a laying breed?

 

[happy duck]

So... after sending a pic to the duck lady at TSC, she claims they are mallards because their pin feathers are teal. She said if they were purple they would be Rouens. I think they’re mallards now because one easily lifted up and over our 4 foot picket fence to get back in the yard. Sigh. I was hoping for more eggs than mallards produce. Which brings up another interesting thing she said.

She told me that she’d been experimenting with feed on some of her ducks that are a Rouen/mallard mix. When she feeds them layer feed, they lay more. When she stops the layer feed and goes to game feed they lay less. Will layer feed “make” ducks lay more, even if they aren’t a laying breed?

I don't think so. I think it just gives them extra calcium to ensure eggs are strong.