What breed of duckling?

[Paula2567]

Someone brought me these duck eggs that were in a neighborhood by a pond at the base of a tree and the tree needed to be removed and they didn’t want the eggs broken, so I am hatching them. The eggs are very large and greenish blue color. Louisiana

 

[EverythingDucks]

Those are probably Mallards. But um, its kinda illegal to remove wild duck eggs. Not your fault, just something to be aware of. Can you get them to a rescue?

 

[Paula2567]

Those are probably Mallards. But um, its kinda illegal to remove wild duck eggs. Not your fault, just something to be aware of. Can you get them to a rescue?

Thank you. I was not aware of that. I just want those babies to live, that is why I agreed to hatching them. Otherwise the eggs would have been destroyed. I will search into a rescue.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are precious.

 

[EverythingDucks]

Thank you. I was not aware of that. I just want those babies to live, that is why I agreed to hatching them. Otherwise the eggs would have been destroyed. I will search into a rescue.

Great! Good thing you rescued those little babies ❤ So cute! Be sure to take lots of photos before taking them to the rescue

 

[Isaac 0]

Not mallards.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wood duck?

 

[Isaac 0]

Not that either....

I seriously have no clue, I just know its not one of those.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Black bill rules out whistler I think.

 

[Fayed]

Looks very similar to my Rouen muscovy cross eggs/babies and my mallard Rouen babies so I'd guess it's a mallard cross with the single eyestripe. Those eggs don't look like mallard eggs though so could be a different wild duck or the drake was a mallard with a different female.