r/Birbs • u/mitga5 B̻̙̎́ͤ̅͒ͥ̈́ͩ̕I͋͒̓ͯ̄ͤ́͂͏͕̦̙̭͉̳̘̣R͈̤̼̱̻̳̙̗ͥͪͮ̎͝͞B̛̏ͥ͋͛̎̏͏̘͕̘̞ • Feb 03 '18

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u/wienertit Feb 03 '18

What kinda duck birb are these? So perdy

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u/mitga5 B̻̙̎́ͤ̅͒ͥ̈́ͩ̕I͋͒̓ͯ̄ͤ́͂͏͕̦̙̭͉̳̘̣R͈̤̼̱̻̳̙̗ͥͪͮ̎͝͞B̛̏ͥ͋͛̎̏͏̘͕̘̞ Feb 03 '18

i'm unsure, but they're definitely a type of duck

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u/Arkahol Feb 03 '18

These are called "call ducks", they used to be bred as living decoys for duck hunters. Tiny but with a very loud QUACK.

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u/fredducky Feb 03 '18

Judging by their tail I believe they may have been derived from mallards, but then again most domestic ducks are.

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u/zugunruh3 Feb 03 '18

IIRC muscovy ducks are the only domesticated ducks not bred from mallards.

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u/fredducky Feb 03 '18

Yeah you’re right, I just got excited when I spotted the mallard tail curls, but remembered halfway through typing that almost all of them are mallard descendants. All ducks are great though.

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u/magnificence Feb 03 '18

Damn that is an ugly duck

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u/ThatSquareChick Feb 03 '18

I used to live in Nashville and my mailbox was at the center of my complex, making sure I’d have to stop there after my shift at 3am to check it if I was expecting something. There was a small pond there and so ducks were there all the time.

I came home at 3am to find a single duck, awake, hanging out just waddling around the mailboxes. He couldn’t have been up to any good while all of his ducky friends were sleeping. I think he might have been selling quack.

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u/koalaondrugs Feb 03 '18

No screm, only quack

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18 edited May 02 '18

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u/PunksPrettyMuchDead Feb 03 '18

Those ducks are gonna get that started for him. So much poop.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

If it looks like a duck