Silver Appleyard Ducks Can Fly? How High , Far, Long ?

[Jenbirdee]

this years my new ducklings includes a silver appleyard I did not read about their flight abilities until today , I just read "they can fly" what? Can they fly better than a Khaki Campbell? or about the same?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

The lighter the duck the better they can fly. A khaki is lighter and can flight better. Silver apple yard are a heavier breeds. I have never seen a full grown one fly in the sense of what you would see a mallard duck fly around, but rather get a couple feet of air to essentially hop over something and the ability to glide back down. (Muscovies excluded from the weight affected ability to fly since they technically are not the same as mallard derived duck breeds).

 

[Jenbirdee]

The lighter the duck the better they can fly. A khaki is lighter and can flight better. Silver apple yard are a heavier breeds. I have never seen a full grown one fly in the sense of what you would see a mallard duck fly around, but rather get a couple feet of air to essentially hop over something and the ability to glide back down. (Muscovies excluded from the weight affected ability to fly since they technically are not the same species as mallard derived duck breeds).

oh thank you so much now I dont have to worry about him flying over a 6 foot fence to get into it with my gander yay

 

[HollowOfWisps]

oh thank you so much now I dont have to worry about him flying over a 6 foot fence to get into it with my gander yay

There are always exceptions and juveniles may be able to get enough air. I personally have never seen an adult get more than 3-4 ft off of the ground.

 

[Launchpad]

My SA's can jump and flutter pretty high/long distance but 6 foot fence sounds difficult unless they really really wanted to get out and even then they'd probably have to jump off something for extra height

 

[turtlefrog2]

My 2 SAs can hop-fly about 6-8 feet at a time, never higher than about 3 feet though. They are BIG ducks.