what breed and what gender are those ducks

[allo]

Hello everyone,

first thanks for everyone here for all the help and useful information i get from here,

i bought two ducks but i'm not sure what breed are they , the guy i got them from told me they are chinese ,

also i want to know if they are male and female or not , because i'm building new coop for them but i have to make sure first



thanks in advance guys

 

[Icravepoultry]

The white one is a common shelduck

 

[Icravepoultry]

Female

 

[Icravepoultry]

They live in marine ecosystems though

 

[Icravepoultry]

The brown one could be a mellers duck

 

[allo]

The white one is a common shelduck

The brown one could be a mellers duck

Icravepoultry


thanks for replying , i googled it and they look just like you said

Female

which one? or both?

They live in marine ecosystems though

was planning to make a coop with an old bath tub i have as a pool for them
problem i bought them from someones farm and i saw couple just like them dead there so after i got home i thought maybe the ones dead are males or females of each couple, need to confirm before i build the coop or figure if i need to look for each ones mate

 

[Icravepoultry]

The shelduck is female

 

[Icravepoultry]

The dead ones probably couldn't live in freshwater like the shellducks

 

[Icravepoultry]

The mellers looks like male

 

[Icravepoultry]

PS
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