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Mental Granny · Nov 8, 2009

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

fossis · Nov 8, 2009

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

Fossis..........

warsawdaddy · Nov 9, 2009

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

Mental Granny · Nov 9, 2009

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 · Nov 9, 2009

That's a strange lookin' bird for sure!

ivan salis · Nov 9, 2009

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 · Nov 9, 2009

ivan salis said:
thats a cross breed -- mallard and muscovy duck

So WSD was right. A woodshed duck. LOL

Mental Granny · Nov 9, 2009

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 · Nov 9, 2009

Mental Granny said:
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 · Nov 9, 2009

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 · Nov 10, 2009

That's a " Heinz " muscovy turkey! :laughing9:

.........NGE

desertfox · Nov 10, 2009

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. :dontknow:

HH

Desertfox

ivan salis · Nov 10, 2009

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

Ray S S · Nov 11, 2009

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

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

Ray

capt1989 · Nov 16, 2009

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 · Nov 16, 2009

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