Mammoth Mallard Rouens

HayMan · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:38 pm **Posts:** 6

Hey guys I can buy some mammoth mallards but not to sure about them as a family duck. Can you guys give some advice on these big fellas please

Weston · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:26 pm

They are called Rouen but they are just large mallards so mammoth mallard may be the right name for them. They are an eating breed duck first bred for the table and still are and are not know for good pets or the show bench as the quality's not there. Do you want them for eating or pets?

HayMan · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:38 pm **Posts:** 6

Cheers weston, so which breed would you recommend for family pets. I would still like the mammoth mallards but I could just have them for eating and another 1 or 2 breeds as pets. Would I have to keep the mammoths away from the pet breeds?

ColacWaterfowl · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:10 am

I would recommend

Khaki Campbell
Saxony
Muscovy
Welsh Harlequin
Swedish Blue
Aylesbury
Cayuga
Decoy (sometimes known as call ducks)
Indian Runner

The commercial meat breeds like Mammoth Mallard (rouen duck) are not for pets as Weston wrote but those in the list are good

HayMan · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:38 pm **Posts:** 6

So would the mammoth rouen mallards get on with pet breed ducks or because they are commercially bred they are a bit anti social?

Duck Quality · **Joined:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:08 pm **Posts:** 2

I would not mix them because you dont want the commercial ducks polluting your good ones. The roune mallards should be kept away from the good breeds so they stay pure

Dean · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:28 am

Any pictures of the mammoth I have not seen them

ColacWaterfowl · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:43 am

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19376&start=10 scroll down theres a couple of them ready for the pot

HayMan · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:38 pm **Posts:** 6

Duck Quality wrote:

I would not mix them because you dont want the commercial ducks polluting your good ones. The roune mallards should be kept away from the good breeds so they stay pure

Oh yeh I won't mix the good breeds with the rouens I will have them down the backyard right away from the others

ColacWaterfowl · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:24 pm

HayMan wrote:

Duck Quality wrote:

I would not mix them because you dont want the commercial ducks polluting your good ones. The roune mallards should be kept away from the good breeds so they stay pure

Oh yeh I won't mix the good breeds with the rouens I will have them down the backyard right away from the others

Sounds like a good plan [smilie=a_goodjobson.gif]

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