Blue Swedish duckling
(This "Blue" Swedish will be black)
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A grown Blue Swedish Duck
can be black, gray or blue gray
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Adult Khaki Campbells. Notice the
drake has a dark green head.
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A white Indian Runner duckling.
Runner's are easy to spot by
their erect stance. Runners come in
many colors..black, white, tan & white, etc.
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This is a perfect Indian Runner.
They are lean, active
ducks..great pets.
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Muscovy ducklings...they
come in several color including white,
black & white, and brown.
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Muscovy Mom with babies.
Muscovies will hatch anything
from chickens to golf balls!
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Baby Mallards are distinguished
by the brown line across the eyes. Mallards
and Rouens are easily confused. One of the few
differences...Rouens are larger when grown.
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Female Mallard
A Mallard weighs only 1-2 lbs..
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Grown Wood duck in diapers
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Baby Pekins
(Peking is a city...
Pekin is the duck)
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German Pekins stand
more upright than our
Pekins
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A regular Pekin
in diapers
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Baby Wood Duck..
Wood Ducks should never be
taken out of the wild, but are
sold by breeders
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We need a pic of
a baby Call duck
here
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A perfect little Call. They
only weigh about 1-1/2 lbs and
have round heads & bodies with short bills.
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Anyone have a pic
of a baby Rouen?
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A pretty Rouen Drake..
They have the green head, but are
much larger than Mallards
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Wonderful showing of the
difference in size of a
Rouen and Mallard
Very important in sizing
diapers!!
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Need a baby
East Indies here..
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A great Black East Indies
w/a touch of angel wing
Similar to Cayuga but
very small..1-2 lbs.
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Buff duckling in diapers
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Matilda was a Buff
(Buff Orpington)
Buff drakes have a dark
brown head
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Anyone have a Harlequin
duckling pic?
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Welsh Harlequin
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Cayuga ducklings are all
black..bill, feet & all.
Anyone have a better pic?
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Cayugas have irridescent feathers that
change colors in the light...
also very, very soft!
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Giant Dewlap Toulouse goose
Much bigger than the usual
production Toulouse..up to
26 lbs +
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Great example of the
curled tail feather that on
most ducks tells you
they are male
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Baby Tufted Buff Geese..
These are being raised in the
Netherlands
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Adult Tufted Buff Geese
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Sebastopol Goose baby
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This is Maggie, my Sebastopol.
They are distinguished
by their long, floaty,
curled feathers.
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Pilgrim gosling in
baby diapers
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Adult Pilgrim goose
in a bit of a moult
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Adorable baby Embdens,
but watch out..
they grow very fast
and very large!.
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An Embden goose is one
of the largest..up to 26 lbs.
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We asked for and got
a pic of an African baby!
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African goose..African geese
& Chinese geese are descended
from the Swan goose.
Africans are very
large.
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A very happy baby
Chinese goose
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A pair of Chinese geese.
Geese and cats can be
very good friends!
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Half-grown Chinese geese..
Geese grow to full size at
12 to 14 wks. Maturity
comes at about 3 yrs.
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4 day old Toulouse goose..
They'll start playing at
2 days old!
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Comfort loving Toulouse.
Toulouse & Pilgrims are
very similar, but Toulouse
are fluffier.
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Canada Goose family..
notice the younger geese
do not have the black necks yet.
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It is illegal to take a
Canada from the wild,
but they are sold at
hatcheries and are great pets.
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A family of mute swans..swans
primarily eat aquatic plants.
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