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28-01-2008, 04:52 PM
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 hi,can anyone ID this odd pair of ducks down in the park today.Its been a while since i posted a pic on WAB and the format has changed so i hope my picture comes out,cheers Bombus Bombus. |
28-01-2008, 04:58 PM
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Look like a mallard variety |
28-01-2008, 04:58 PM
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They look very much like those old wildfowl community favourites, the mallard crossbreed. Two drakes, probably out of the same brood due to their similarity. |
28-01-2008, 05:10 PM
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Shucks,theres me thinkin theres something different,manky mallards. |
28-01-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Bombus Bombus  Shucks,theres me thinkin theres something different,manky mallards. | Well they might be pedigree domestic ducks if you google for 'feathersite' they have lots of breeds on there and you might be able to identify them further! |
28-01-2008, 07:12 PM
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My first reaction was "yuck ducks", but Gill may be on to something, as it would be unusual for two wild mallard/domestic duck hybrids to look so similar to one another. |
28-01-2008, 07:12 PM
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They look a bit like a variety called Khaki Campbell. Producers of tasty eggs apparently (well the females are).
Regards, Chris |
28-01-2008, 07:13 PM
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sorry I have looked myself because i love that site and I use it to induldge my chicken and duck envy and I reckon they are buff ducks or buff orpingtons - not manky but pedigree don't you know! |
28-01-2008, 07:15 PM
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I think you're right on that one. The beaks look bluer Bombus's photo, but that could just be the lighting. |
28-01-2008, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisJB They look a bit like a variety called Khaki Campbell. Producers of tasty eggs apparently (well the females are).
Regards, Chris | oh you could be right!! its going to take a better domestic duck expert than me to tell the difference! |
28-01-2008, 07:19 PM
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My dear old auntie used to have some on her farm I think!
Regards, Chris
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28-01-2008, 07:22 PM
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I'd still go for Buff Orpington. If you see the last adult drake on this page http://feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Buffs/BRKBuff.html then it actually has a blue beak like the one in Bombus's photo.
Not much in them, though. |
29-01-2008, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton oh you could be right!! its going to take a better domestic duck expert than me to tell the difference! | think they are karki cambells
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29-01-2008, 02:53 PM
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Khaki Cambells, bred hundreds of them.
Last edited by Muggsy; 29-01-2008 at 02:55 PM.
Reason: spelled or spelt khaki wrong
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29-01-2008, 04:00 PM
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One of the many domesticated Mallard offshoots. If you look at the tail it curls up, but only on the males. That will tell you it's a flavour of Mallard.
Cheers,
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