ext_29769 ([identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] trystinn 2009-09-25 11:26 pm (UTC)

Not really, ironically humanity has bread most domestic ducks so large that they are too heavy to fly. They can flutter a bit for only a few feet, about 3 feet high but it exhausts them. Once in awhile one of the ducks will flutter themselves in and out of the pen, but they vastly prefer to walk. So far none of them have used this limited flight ability to get themselves out of their pen in the morning. They are always there quacking to be let out in the morning.

There is a "Flying Mallard" domestic breed that supposedly can still fly like it's wild ancestor.

This breeding has also lose them any ability to brood well. They tend to lay their eggs pretty much anywhere (I imagine the gals say 'oops, did that come out of my tush?', then walk off slightly embarrassed). Brooding happens so rarely, most sources recommend you either use a broody chicken hen or an incubator.

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