Hybrid Cross Between a Duck and a Goose: Do Gucks Exist?

[buff goose guy]

Here is a photo taken on May 10, 2015 in Lawrenceville, NJ of a male Egyptian Goose, his mallard mate, and their 12 gucklings. So clearly these hybrids are possible and do happen.

i like how posts one post and then when we are trying to explain stuff leaves lol

if u do come back i hope that u understand what we are trying to say, we are not being mean just trying to tell u thats its not possible

 

[buff goose guy]

ohh another theory that could be a female egyptian goose with the mothering instinct so she sits around the mallard
any mateing seen could have just been dominance

 

[ElanaR]

I have a male swedish duck who regularly mounts my female Sebastapol. Who knows what will happen. Hopefully her mate got to her as well.

 

[Hlingra]

We saw what appears to be a cross between a Mallard and a Goose earlier today at the historical Edinburg Mills and Museum in Edinburg, Virginia. The below black-and-white shows clear indication of the Mallard head/face colorations and goose size/coloring across the chest.
There were both geese and several Mallards cohabitating at this location, with the below pictured bird suggesting a successful crossbreeding occurred.

 

[lomine]

We saw what appears to be a cross between a Mallard and a Goose earlier today at the historical Edinburg Mills and Museum in Edinburg, Virginia. The below black-and-white shows clear indication of the Mallard head/face colorations and goose size/coloring across the chest.
There were both geese and several Mallards cohabitating at this location, with the below pictured bird suggesting a successful crossbreeding occurred.

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I’m by no means an expert but that looks like a Black Swedish drake to me. Maybe someone just dumped him there because they had too many males.

 

[Herdcutter]

This is my drake, Bruce, and his 2 lovely ladies. He's huge. 12 pounds of huge!

 

[Herdcutter]

The drakes will walk really tall to "protect" his flock. That's what your guy looks like he's doing.

 

[lomine]

He may also be a cross between a Mallard and one of those Pekin. I feel bad for all those hens, looks like there are a lot of drakes in the area. Pekins are a domestic breed and there seems to be some other mixes and types in the group other than Mallard so this is defiantly a dumping ground for unwanted ducks.

 

[chickens really]

Funny Story...Good Chuckle...I seen an add for Duck/ Goose cross....It was a Muscovy...I then asked if it might have Chicken in it too being they Roost...?.....I could not resist...

 

[Kimmyh51]

Apologies if this is one of the Links already added. Cambridge uni have republished this article about the hybrid between a goose and a duck.

I always thought claims of duck geese hybrids were absolute nonsense. But at the moment I have a female domestic duck who has been in a committed relationship with a gander for around 3 years now. She’s acting broody and I think has a nest across the river. I assumed nothing would hatch as her gander is pretty protective and woe betide any drake who tried to mate her..
so if she hatches anything I’ll be looking very carefully at it after reading this!

though I am thinking if such a thing could happen it would most likely need help to hatch. So I better watch her when she returns to her nest.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour...mestic-goose/0BF2D6230CBE5AC5DB6A22F53C96DB64

same article here in its entirety without needing a Cambridge login

https://brill.com/previewpdf/journals/beh/3/1/article-p99_4.xml