Mallards or Rouens?

[cymbaline]

In comparison to the Pekin, that is certainly a small duck (mallard)! I've never had Pekin though so I don't know personally, but I've lots of pictures of people holding theirs under their arm and I kept thinking how in the world I would be able to hold mine like that because they don't seem big enough, or don't seem to have enough meat to grip them that way. Would you happen to have a picture of you or someone holding your mallards?

This is 3 of them on me at about 7-8 weeks.


Me and Bullwinkle (if it helps as a size reference, I'm nearly 6ft tall, lol - not petite)

And yeah, I went back and looked at your "2 days old" pics and they've gotta be less than a week old.

I guess if I were you, I would base my conclusion on weight and body shape. If they end up over 4lbs and have the body shape of a Pekin (instead of the football with wings that mallards tends to be, lol), then they're Rouen (or maybe a Rouen/Mallard mix?).