Thread: "Off with her head"

look at a greylard......you get every possible combination of colours there... often the drakes look much like hens colouring. a grey duck (either sex)isnt hell of a lot different to a mallard hen so crosses between them and mallards...AKA a greylard often the drakes heads dont have a lot of green....the white neck band goes away and often the other white markings are gone too.I always have a real mixture of colourations in the spread..does it make any difference to the ducks??? stuffed if I know but its fun painting them up and kidding myself it makes them better.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

look at a greylard......you get every possible combination of colours there... often the drakes look much like hens colouring. a grey duck (either sex)isnt hell of a lot different to a mallard hen so crosses between them and mallards...AKA a greylard often the drakes heads dont have a lot of green....the white neck band goes away and often the other white markings are gone too.I always have a real mixture of colourations in the spread..does it make any difference to the ducks??? stuffed if I know but its fun painting them up and kidding myself it makes them better.

The mallard drake is the biggest rapist in the avian world!the first duck ive ever shot was a horny mallard drake sniffin the arse of a terrified parrie hen in full flight. Yup he got a head job that he didnt bargain for !!!
Go to any public park where ducks are and look around ,theyre in all colours of the rainbow .
One mob i remember out at the groynes near chchs harewood crematorium ,featured a duck who may have been sired by a taubmans colour chart ,it had that many colours on it!
A lot of large ducks in the mob too ,with known domestic ducks &meat ducks very prominent.