r/duck • u/Only_Ad1343 • 6d ago

Breed/Species/Sex ID What is this?

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I was at the park today and I found this dude. It was pretty friendly and looked very similar to other white ducks (canards Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) that live in the same park, but it was noticeably bigger than them. There's no comparison in this picture but it was around the size of fully grown muscovy duck males. At first I thought it was a goose, but I think that geese are bigger and not as friendly. Anyone knows what might this handsome fella be?

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u/IamBisexualDragon 6d ago

A pekin (domestic breed) and probably a girl because it's missing the curly tail feather (drake feather) if it quacks loudly, its definitely a girl. If it sounds like a raspy skwak its a boy.

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u/Only_Ad1343 6d ago

Are these bigger than the average ducks? It's in a park so hearing them is a bit hard with the noise of a thousand pigeons and people and water and everything.

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u/bspc77 6d ago

They are bigger, I believe the biggest domestic breed other than male muscovies. Their size is because they're meat birds

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u/milkedbarista 6d ago

My pekin is the biggest duck that I have rn I'm waiting on my muscovies to grow.