Rouen Duck thread

[Welshies]

Pretty sure there are exhibition and production rouens. Exhibition being larger like what you are wanting. My rouens' bodies look just like yours. Pretty sure they are plain old production ones. Any experts feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes. Exhibition Rouens are used for showing and meat- they have very large keels and are block-shaped, standing almost horizontally. They lay 35-125 eggs per year, and are 8.5-10 lbs.
Production Rouens lay 100-180 eggs per year, and are shaped more like wild Mallards. They are 6.5-8.5 lbs.

 

[MommaShades13]

I think my female Rouen laid an egg, y boys found this in our yard. All other bars rock hens lay smaller brown eggs

 

[AmandaMBG]

Looks like it to me. How old are your ducks may I ask? We have three we are waiting on to start laying.

I think my female Rouen laid an egg, y boys found this in our yard. All other bars rock hens lay smaller brown eggs

 

[duckmeister]

My young exhibition Rouens, just a few months old, drake hasn't got his color yet, 2 younger ones several weeks old, they dwarf the call ducks, lucked out and hatched out 2 drakes and 2 hens.

 

[MommaShades13]

Looks like it to me. How old are your ducks may I ask? We have three we are waiting on to start laying.

My pair is 5 months,

 

[AmandaMBG]

Awesome mine will be 5 months at the end of this month so in about a week.

My pair is 5 months, 

 

[MommaShades13]

My female isn't laying on her eggs have a broody chicken laying on them now with fingers crossed. Will candle them next week

 

[gilbert2]

Hello, people. I have had my Rouen drake for a couple of years. He's normally colorful, as in the attached photo, but recently, he molted into a completely drab guy. Even his normally metallic green head is now dull and almost black. I hope his normal colors come back!

 

[AmandaMBG]

They will.

Hello, people. I have had my Rouen drake for a couple of years. He's normally colorful, as in the attached photo, but recently, he molted into a completely drab guy. Even his normally metallic green head is now dull and almost black. I hope his normal colors come back!

 

[duckmeister]

Hello, people. I have had my Rouen drake for a couple of years. He's normally colorful, as in the attached photo, but recently, he molted into a completely drab guy. Even his normally metallic green head is now dull and almost black. I hope his normal colors come back!

Handsome drake! He's going through his summer molt and getting new feathers, he will be drab colored until his new flight feathers grow in, then he will shed the drab camouflage and then grow in his bright colors.