Mallard Duckling ID

[Muckafoonee]

Got a shipment of Mallards and I have never seen a mallard Duckling as dark as this one The rest look normal like the one on bottom.....

 

[Duckopolis]

If you ordered them from a hatchery, they may have sent you the wrong duckling or it just had a color problem in the egg.

 

[Muckafoonee]

Yep a hatchery...
I figured they goofed just wanted to see if anyone has seen a dark Mallard duckling before I have ordered plenty and raised some when I was younger and don't recall a black one

 

[Duckopolis]

I have mallard ducklings and I have seen yellow ones but not dark ones.

 

[desertdarlene]

That looks like a black Swedish duckling.

 

[Duckopolis]

That looks like a black Swedish duckling.

Yes, it does.

 

[Finny]

Yes, it does.

X2

 

[Muckafoonee]

That is what it looks like and the hatchery sells them I guess we'll wait and see

 

[desertdarlene]

It'll be bigger than the mallards and not fly very well.

 

[Muckafoonee]

They are being raised for food so in the long run flight isn't a concern