What breed of duckling is this?

[Chicken Fruit]

Maybe a mallard or a runner?

 

[Chicken Fruit]

Definitely not a runner... Mallard?

 

[Ms. Lewis Rich]

Mallard ?, is my guess also, gosh its cute where did ya get it?

 

[Chicken Fruit]

Privett, my husband wanted a pet duck and I asked them to just toss a random duckling into the box with the chick shipment.

 

[ChickenToes]

It's a Mallard or a Rouen.

 

[BigByrd24]

I would say its a Rouen.

 

[vfem]

Rouen or Muscovy I would think?! (I think that yellow stripe on the wing is more common of Muscovies)

Who'd you order it from?

 

[Wifezilla]

Mallard!

Mallards and Rouens look very similar, but there is a difference in the eye stripes. Rouen, 2 stripes. Mallard - 1 stripe and a smudge or dot. I just learned this the other day from another BYC member.

This little guy is a Rouen

 

[Chicken Fruit]

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Oh thats good to know! I think it must be a mallard. Doesnt matter either way- it'll be fun.

I wonder if theres a way to tell the gender by markings....

 

[ticks]

I don't know about it, this is my Rouen

Same eye pattern as yours.