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[Mental Granny]

Saw this today .... I've never seen one like it before......

[fossis]

They are called 'Muscovy ducks', from Mexico & Central America.

Fossis..........

[warsawdaddy]

I thought maybe a mallard got behind the woodshed with a spry turkey or onery rooster.

[Mental Granny]

I kind wondered too about than Daddy I thought Turkey with the head! LOL!

Thanks Fossis! So now I wonder how it got here and if it can live through our winter!

[seger98]

That's a strange lookin' bird for sure!

[ivan salis]

thats a cross breed - female mallard and male muscovy duck -- MULARD*

muscovys -- are white colored and have the turkey like red facial waddles

mallards are colored -- with no facial marking

the two can and do interbreed at times ---producing this behind the "woodshed" critter.

[stoney56]

thats a cross breed -- mallard and muscovy duck

So WSD was right. A woodshed duck. LOL

[Mental Granny]

I saw these are breed for sell and was someones pet that is the only way for it to be at the city lake but they don't do well in the open!

[Charmin]

I saw these are breed for sell and was someones pet that is the only way for it to be at the city lake but they don't do well in the open!

"That's the face only a mother could love" . Maybe someone got tired of it as their pet and just dumped it out at the city lake? Better give it some bread and crackers if it stays around, MG.
Very good pics!

sandcreek

[godisnum1]

We've got alot of them down here around our neighborhood, though none so ugly as that one...
Ivan's right, that thing is the product of some nasty woodshed beatings. Poor duck.

Bran <><

[NGE]

That's a " Heinz " muscovy turkey! .........NGE

[desertfox]

I have 3 that just showed up one day for a free meal with my other ducks and decided to stay. One male and 2 females. One of the females is nesting on 10 eggs in my barn right now. The eggs should hatch within the next 2 weeks.
HH

Desertfox

[ivan salis]

the MULARD often can not reproduce or have a low rate of success if they can.

[Ray S S]

I think he looks pretty unique, like one duck trying to look like another.

He looks like he is ready to go to a costume party. LOL

Ray

[capt1989]

Kinda reminds me of charlie. Charlie was a muscovy duck we had when I was a little kid. Mean as hell. He grew to be quite big for a duck. But he had identity issues. He thought he was a chicken. A rooster to be exact. Would fight with the other roosters, and try to mate with the hens. Funniest thing you ever saw. Had a big rain lasted for a couple of days and the yard was flooded. Found charlie floating upside down, drowned, in a trash pit we had dug a while before. When the water went down, we found three dead chickens in the same hole. Although the duck could float, he couldn't swim. This is a true story I promise.

Notice the little tip on the end of his bill, I can attest to the huge welt/blood blister that can leave on a human being if you get to close.

capt.

[Woodland Detectors]

Yes the Muscovy. I've heard they were introduced to America from Russia?
Here's a little info http://www.greatnorthern.net/~dye/wi...covy_ducks.htm

[Mental Granny]

Thanks for the info 4-H! I learned somethings from it!