is this full muscovy or a cross?

[sourland]

danischi24, as a kid we raised mules for the restaurant trade. Muscovy drakes X pekin females. The hens did not lay eggs. Some even went broody and set on apples and stones. I still do not believe that mules produced by putting muscovy drakes on mallard derived hens are capable of producing eggs of any sort. The reciprocal cross can OCCASSIONALY produce non-fertile eggs.

 

[TomNY]

Mules are fertile when croossed back on a pure of either breed. Mule to mule is not fertile. Tom

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

That really doesnt look like a cross to me... I had some ducklings that looked just like that...

 

[desertdarlene]

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Ok, I have to say Squeeeeeeeeeeee! For all those ducklings!

 

[katharinad]

If you cross a Muscovy male with a mallardx female you will hatch moulards (or mule ducks)
If you cross a mallardx male with a Muscovy female you will hatch hinnies.

Only female hinnies can lay eggs. Female mules cannot.

In your case you have a muscovy female and a mallardx male so the baby is a hinnie. This means it will be able to lay eggs.

 

[sydney13]

so if it is a mule duck will it quack or hiss? i really dont want a loud quaker because we have close neighbors. and will it be a good flyer like a muscovy or stay low like a blue swedish?

 

[De]

Thank you Katharian, I didnot know that....