What duck?

[chickens really]

I'm think it was a wild duck. So I suppose it could be a crossbred. There are some people local with ducks but I don't know who they are or what they have.

Looked domestic.

 

[JedJackson]

Hens get killed from breeding because the Drakes grab onto the head with the open skull. My friend took in 7 Crested Buff. Has only Drakes left. Hens were all killed.

Yuck. Poor things. I can see why you say they shouldn't be bred. I know that doesn't happen with crested chickens, but I wonder if it does with the crested Roman geese? I hope not.

 

[CCUK]

Looked domestic.

It was jumping and diving splashing about all over! That's what caught my attention. It looked quite nice but different with the feathers on its head. I guess that's the crest.

 

[JedJackson]

It was jumping and diving splashing about all over! That's what caught my attention. It looked quite nice but different with the feathers on its head. I guess that's the crest.

Domestic ducks do all of that, too. The coloring and crest are not things you find in wild mallards. It's probably an escapee or the descendant of an escapee.

 

[chickens really]

It was jumping and diving splashing about all over! That's what caught my attention. It looked quite nice but different with the feathers on its head. I guess that's the crest.

Yep..The poof on the head is the crest...

 

[CCUK]

I don't know much about ducks. I know a mallard though! So I'm learning! Thanks

 

[JedJackson]

I don't know much about ducks. I know a mallard though! So I'm learning! Thanks

No problem. All domestic ducks except Muscovies are descended from mallards. So when you see a duck in the wild that looks mallardish but has different coloring, a crest or a larger or different body shape, that means it must be at least part domestic duck. He probably escaped or was released.

 

[drumstick diva]

With such a large crest, I would think large area where skull didn't close over. I don't imagine he could buy life insurance with that defect. Poor guy

 

[CCUK]

With such a large crest, I would think large area where skull didn't close over. I don't imagine he could buy life insurance with that defect. Poor guy

I did think it was rather large. I almost thought he had something else on there.