Would half Runner /half Cayuga ducklings be "mules?"

[inlovewitharunnerduck]

Does anyone know if a cross between a Blue Runner and a Cayuga would also be 'mules?' I have some ducklings like this.

Also, I have some ducklings that are half mallard half Blue Runner. Will they also be Mules?

 

[DuckLady]

No, they would be cross breeds or mutts. They will be fertile.

 

[sourland]

The only domestic mules would be muscovy/mallard derived crosses. Interesting enough mule hens will sometimes go broody and set on apples, rocks, etc.

 

[inlovewitharunnerduck]

Thanks friends for the answers. They are the *cutest*, the half-runner/half cayugas. I love that I have Mutt ducks.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Mutts, not mules.

 

[tia]

We want some pictures - sounds like a nice combination.

 

[inlovewitharunnerduck]

Tia-I'll try to figure out how to post photos here.
Don't you LOVE your Runners? at first I thought they'd look funny, but I LOVE how my Blue Runner drake zooms across the yard to me. He even "kisses" me and nuzzles my hair. He's the BEST duck and I am glad to have his kids.

In ducky love,
Tracey in Vermont

 

[JosieR]

ooh, I have runners and cayugas! Please post pics, I am so excited to see what babies might look like

 

[mrslb333]

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Yes pics please I have white runner hen and Cayuga drake would love to know what their babies would look like

 

[JosieR]

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Yes pics please I have white runner hen and Cayuga drake would love to know what their babies would look like

haha I thought I was the only one with such a wacky combo of ducks! I have chocolate runners (2 females) and Cayugas (2 females and 1 male). I would like to add blue runners and fawn and white runners, even a runner drake to breed babies but right now my drake has been so sweet I don't want to upset him. AND I really don't have a big enough house to add a bunch of babies to so I'm probably better off with not having a runner drake.