White Crested? Might I be correct?

[AmyinNC]

We originally thought we had 2 pekins. Well, turns out we have only 1 pekin. From all the research I've done here and at other sites, it looks like he (I'm pretty confident) is a white crested? Just need some more experienced duckie owners to confirm please. Thank you!

 

[1lpoock]

Technically its just a crested pekin. I'm pretty sure, correct me if I'm wrong, to be called white crested the crest has to be really big, bigger than in the picture.

 

[AmyinNC]

Thank you VERY much! I'm all new to this.....can't ya tell

 

[1lpoock]

Plus it is good if you have a male and a female. When breeding crested ducks you want one crested duck and one non crested. If you breed two cresteds together then most of the babies will die when hatching.

 

[AmyinNC]

Wow, I had no idea! I have so much to learn still. Thankfully, it does seem we have a female and male. The female quacks like crazy, and the male is still developing his quiet quack between peeping. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.

 

[SunAngel]

Don't feel bad....the guys at our local poultry auction opened a box with ducks in it and proceeded to tell everyone that they were POLISH ducks! My daughter and I were laughing so hard. These people figure Polish chickens have poofy heads then ducks with poofy heads must be Polish ducks! They were simply Crested mallards lol.

I can easily see your confusion though. I have found several places online that sell or talk about Crested Ducks, as if its a totally different breed.

 

[ksj0225]

Amy I'm in Greenville NC, where are you located?

 

[AmyinNC]

Sunangel, LOL, ok so now I don't feel so bad. I need that all about ducks book for dummies that I saw at Barnes & Noble last week...HAHA!

ksj, no way?!?! i'm in kinston...just right up the road from you. too cool!