We lost our "Squeaky"-duck to a predator in early January. She was a feral escape that walked cross-country onto our place one afternoon. Initially very skittish, but we became close friends and she loved to race me and our kayak around the pond.
She was small-to-medium in size, and not heavy at all. She laid white chicken-size eggs. Unless in direct sunlight, she actually looked black with white bib, underwings and wingtips. When the lighting was just right, she had bright green iridescent head and base of tail feathers.
We assume she was a "mutt", maybe with a bit of runner mixed in. Not a good flyer, but she could fly from the banks of the pond down to the water, or across the pond when she really wanted to.
Not very talkative, she squeaked and went "buck-buck-buck" like a chicken. We think she might have been raised with/by chickens, and had no early close-contact with humans.
She was small-to-medium in size, and not heavy at all. She laid white chicken-size eggs. Unless in direct sunlight, she actually looked black with white bib, underwings and wingtips. When the lighting was just right, she had bright green iridescent head and base of tail feathers.
We assume she was a "mutt", maybe with a bit of runner mixed in. Not a good flyer, but she could fly from the banks of the pond down to the water, or across the pond when she really wanted to.
Not very talkative, she squeaked and went "buck-buck-buck" like a chicken. We think she might have been raised with/by chickens, and had no early close-contact with humans.
She was a mallard derived cross for sure. Many of the mallard derived crosses result in birds with her coloration. Sorry that you lost her to predation.
Like this girl
