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Ducklings to Ducks !!!!!!! Goslings to Geese

I'm going to try to collect pictures of all the domestic duck and goose breeds as both babies and adults.  Please help by e-mailing (thedukldy@earthlink.net) any pictures you have of the breeds I am missing.  This will be a big help to those who have ducklings and goslings, but don't know what breed they are.

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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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Khaki Campbell duckling

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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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Beautiful Mallard Drake
 

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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

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!!
 

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

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.