MALLARD THREAD...not rouens, Mallards!

[Slothy]

This is Wire


Here's Poppy


Just for fun!


The backyard

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[Daniel-Sorensen]

He's eclipsing...

I knew this comment would come lol. But nope he is not. First of all the picture is taken some days ago, and right now there is winter in sweden and that means that the wild birds are not changing feathers. Ducks have their most perfect feathers in the winter and this is not his eclipse feathers.
Another thing is that wild colored mallard males have orange/yellow beaks.
Another example on a intersex mallard:
http://www.siung.net/bird/tmp2/bird/intersex-mallard-vancouver_files/male_femalemallard01.jpg

Ive owned a intersex Rouen myself

 

[Kroelies]

This is Wire Here's Poppy Just for fun! The backyard Visit my page https://www.facebook.com/pg/AshlynnAndDucks/ for more

Your ducks are cute. Even though they destroyed your backyard.

 

[lucysducks11]

Ducks are round. Why? To drive me crazy.

We do love to make you crazy with their cute round bodies and cute webbed feet

you melt...Like Budda....

 

[buff goose guy]

Intersex mallard.

Daniel he is just eclipsing

Nvm I just saw u replied to this. But can u really call it intersex if you haven't seen it lay eggs and clearly have a penis?

 

[Daniel-Sorensen]

But can u really call it intersex if you haven't seen it lay eggs and clearly have a penis?

Good questions. I found this:
"I won't go in to much detail about what intersex means (mainly because I am not competent to do so) but with birds (and presumably many other life-forms) it's basically when a female bird begins to develop male features. I understand that this effects the genitalia but it is visibly manifest through changes in the bird's external appearance.

It seems that the majority of the bird's plumage will change (assuming the species is sexually dimorphic) before the bare parts change, so a significant clue to the fact that we are dealing with an intersex is plumage that has clear male traits while the bill remains female-like, such as with the Mallards shown here."

Source:
http://birdhybrids.blogspot.se/2015/01/intersex-birds-and-their-confusion-with.html

 

[Kroelies]

Daniel he is just eclipsing

Nvm I just saw u replied to this.

But can u really call it intersex if you haven't seen it lay eggs and clearly have a penis?

Well the orange bill makes it tricky! But I am pretty sure it's not possible for a duck to lay eggs and have a penis

 

[Julie Birb]

We do love to make you crazy with their cute round bodies and cute webbed feet

you melt...Like Budda....

Heehee. Thank you, Lucy. I do enjoy it.

 

[Julie Birb]

This is Wire Here's Poppy Just for fun! The backyard Visit my page https://www.facebook.com/pg/AshlynnAndDucks/ for more

Wire!! Poppy!! So round. So cute. I notice these things. Webs on surface.

 

[buff goose guy]

Daniel he is just eclipsing

Nvm I just saw u replied to this.

But can u really call it intersex if you haven't seen it lay eggs and clearly have a penis?

Well the orange bill makes it tricky! But I am pretty sure it's not possible for a duck to lay eggs and have a penis

That was my point , until proven wrong by Daniel lol