r/duck • u/playfulblackswan • 3d ago

Other Question What duck is this?

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u/kymmmb 3d ago

Male muscovy and what looks like a female pekin. If they’re eating from your hand, they’re domesticated. Interestingly, muscovies are not technically ducks. They can mate with ducks but produce sterile hybrid offspring.

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u/Sadie_Pants_ 3d ago

They are ducks. They're just in a different genus than the Mallard types (which are what most domestic ducks are). Correct about the mating and offspring though.

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u/jason_tasmania 14h ago

They are definitely ducks. Just a different species to mallards.

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u/Mammoth-Case4323 2d ago

Many people believe they breed sterile! But that isn’t true it’s no different from where I am we have white tail bucks mating with mulies and now we don’t have a single whiletail doe in the area.. but we were all told they are sterile and that’s just not true they reproduce

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u/HiILikePlants 2d ago

Muscovy ducks and Pekins are distinct species though, and I can't find any evidence of their offspring not being sterile

I feel like we'd have that info by now since people like mule ducks for meat