The egg hatched !is this a baby mallard or baby Rouen

[Redtail11]

The egg size and weight from the beginning before incubation was closer to that of a wild mallard. Now here is the chick! Just hatched 4 hours ago. Help please

 

[MagpieDucks]

Where did the egg come from?

 

[The Phantom]

Looks like a mallard

 

[DuckyDonna]

X 2 one eye stripe!

 

[happy duck]

mallard! did you just find the egg and take it?

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Rouens will be bigger and it looks like a mallard

 

[21hens-incharge]

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits the taking, killing, capturing, transporting, harboring of the birds or hatching eggs, that which are Native to the United States of America. All are protected by state and federal agencies.

https://www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php

Any threads started on this subject will be closed.

Thank you for your understanding.

-BYC Staff