mallard or rouen?

[cbohn80]

i was sold a pair of "mallard" ducklings along with a pekin. i have read on a forum somewhere that if there is a second stripe under the eye that it is really a rouen and wont be able to fly but a mallard has a single stripe. is there any truth to this? i would prefer to have rouens anyway

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Can you post pictures? One good way to go about it is look at pictures of rouen babies and pictures of mallard babies and compare yours to both. That's what I did with my rouens.

Rouens are nice, friendly ducks, and pretty, too!

 

[cbohn80]

here they are, also can anyone tell me more about a rouens temperment

 

[DuckiesAndBees]

Those look just like my rouen... then again I was told it was a rouen by a feed store so I guess that's not 100% either. It does have the two stripes though. Looks like I have the opposite of you- two pekins and a rouen. This is my first rouen, but I can tell you that the personality of mine so far is awesome! He's the only one that will just sit on my lap and snuggle

 

[shelleyd2008]

That is correct, rouens have 2 eye stripes and mallards have only 1.

 

[lovin my birds]

You have two little rouens. Soooo cute!

 

[desertdarlene]

Awww, they're cute. I would say rouen, too.

 

[Duckchick2011]

Mallard ducklings have one stripe and a small dot on their cheeks, Those little critters have two lines, so I would say they are rouen.

Very cute by the way

 

[cbohn80]

thanks everyone, thats such a relief. that makes 2 less wings for me to clip!

 

[cbohn80]

it looks to me like they are mallards afterall now that they are grown so the 2 stripe thing isnt very accurate.they are still half the size of the pekin and some cayugas i just got a few weeks ago are already larger than they are.