Thank you! There are so many breeds of them I didn’t even know where to start!There's a "fawn and white" variant of the domestic breed Indian Runner …
Hello Lisa,
agree with Bewick and Raymie:yes they are domestic Ducks aka "Mandy Mallards".
Slight unusual goose like bill and head shape is within variation and as I have learned here and elsewhere no indication of Hybridisation ( what a term when it comes to domestic Ducks). But you know, I always search for this.
You could well be right with these ones ... they are similar to each other too.This really seems to be pure domestic ducks (don´t know the breed though) and not "manky mallards " in my definition. I always had defined manky mallards as mixes with wild and domesticated mallard ancestry, showing the wrong colors for a wild mallard but essentially wild mallard size ...
but maybe others define manky mallard differently?
... the wings are so small compared to the body that they probably can´t get airborne. A typical sign for the larger domestic breeds... that means , allthough we have no size comparison, it must be a breed somewhat larger than mallard.
Roughly in the meaning of "dirty" or "untidy"? thats how I understood it, thus forming the personal definition as described in my previous post...Although it has wider currency, "Manky" is generally understood to be of Scottish origin (do a google for details).
As to its meaning? - it means "clatty".