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Rouen Clair duck, female Rouen ducks featured in Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management in 1861. The Rouen is a heavyweight breed of domesticated duck. [1] Rouens are raised primarily for meat, exhibition, [2] or as general purpose ducks. Since they are not prolific egg layers, Rouen ducks are most commonly bred for their meat. [2]
and see text. The American coot (Fulica americana), also known as a mud hen or pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold ...
Anas moschata Linnaeus, 1758. The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a duck native to the Americas, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. Feral Muscovy ducks are found in New Zealand, Australia, and in Central and Eastern Europe. Small wild and feral breeding populations have also established themselves ...
Aylesbury duck. The Aylesbury duck is a breed of domesticated duck, bred mainly for its meat and appearance. It is a large duck with pure white plumage, a pink bill, orange legs and feet, an unusually large keel, and a horizontal stance with its body parallel to the ground. The precise origins of the breed are unclear, but raising white ducks ...
Egyptian goose. The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans. Because of their popularity chiefly as an ornamental bird, the species has also been introduced to Europe, the United States and elsewhere outside their natural range. [2][3][4] Egyptian geese were regularly ...
The wood duck is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is from 47 to 54 cm (19 to 21 in) in length with a wingspan of between 66 and 73 cm (26 and 29 in). The wood duck's weight ranges from 454–862 grams (16.0–30.4 oz). [9] This is about three-quarters the length of an adult mallard. It shares its genus with the Asian mandarin duck ...
A man in China, known only as Xiang, decided to enlist the "help" of baby ducks for a little payback. Xiang ordered 1,130 chicks and had them delivered to the apartment of his ex-boss, a man ...
American Pekin. The Pekin or White Pekin is an American breed of domestic duck, raised primarily for meat. [6][7] It derives from birds brought to the United States from China in the nineteenth century, [8] and is now bred in many parts of the world. [6] It is often known as the American Pekin to distinguish it from the German Pekin, a distinct ...