What kind of duck is she?

[HayesSnow]

I rescued two ducks from a bad situation (neglect) and am having a hard time figuring out what this one (the one on the left) of the two is.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I think Magpie

 

[MagpieDucks]

Magpie and Crested Rouen

 

[Miss Lydia]

Bless you for rescuing them they are adorable.

 

[HayesSnow]

Magpie and Crested Rouen

Thanks!

 

[superduckrescue]

Ancona or magpie! (there endangered domestic ducks). Thanks for rescuing her!

 

[Jbently28]

I'm thinking Magpie as well!

 

[HayesSnow]

Ancona or magpie! (there endangered domestic ducks). Thanks for rescuing her!

Really? She’s most likely from an Atwood’s around here because that’s where most people who don’t know ducks get them

 

[sylviethecochin]

Really? She’s most likely from an Atwood’s around here because that’s where most people who don’t know ducks get them

Endangered, shmendangered.
Magpie are "Threatened." Anconas are "watch" Most "rare" or "at risk" breeds of ducks are listed as such, but ridiculously easy to find. They're listed as endangered because there are a certain number of breeding stock registered in the US. 1,000 or fewer breeding ducks is "Threatened." But really, they're domestic ducks. Assuming even half of the eggs laid every year are incubated (and if you're registering ducks as breeding stock, you're probably incubating eggs), that population could multiply by a factor of a hundred in a year's time. Of course, genetic diversity's still an issue, but you can have a lack of genetic diversity without having a damaged population; just look at thoroughbred horses.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Endangered, shmendangered.
Magpie are "Threatened." Anconas are "watch" Most "rare" or "at risk" breeds of ducks are listed as such, but ridiculously easy to find. They're listed as endangered because there are a certain number of breeding stock registered in the US. 1,000 or fewer breeding ducks is "Threatened." But really, they're domestic ducks. Assuming even half of the eggs laid every year are incubated (and if you're registering ducks as breeding stock, you're probably incubating eggs), that population could multiply by a factor of a hundred in a year's time. Of course, genetic diversity's still an issue, but you can have a lack of genetic diversity without having a damaged population; just look at thoroughbred horses.

Then there are all the people that don’t register with the The Livestock Conservancy and aren’t included in the count.