Rural Gardening: Duck ID needed please., 1 by CajuninKy

CajuninKy wrote:
On the contrary. I love to learn about everything animal related. If I had a memory worth anything I'd be pretty smart. I read a lot but I don't remember much. The pekin / mallard X is a huge drake. He is marked like a mallard but his body is smokey gray and his head is almost black. There is a hen that I'm sure must be from him with a mallard hen. She is a buff color all over. She looks almost like a dirty white duck but not glaring white like a pekin. She is the size of a mallard. We have lots of mallards with white rings around their necks.