[WarescotFarm]

Hi, anyone know what sort of duck this is?

[omnipeasant]

It's a cute one. Sorry couldn't resist.

What are dark sussex by the way? I have light ones and speckled and a silver.

[jaykay]

Well, it looks like a baby mallard? So if not a mallard, quite likely something with that sort of patterning.

[northfifeduckling]

I want it  -as long as it's a girl 
it certainly looks different from mine (KCs and IRs) 

[Brijjy]

Could be a mallard, muscovy or magpie duck. The pattern is very similar on all of these.

[goosepimple]

Muscovy I'd say, we breed them and it looks like that to me.

[littlelugs]

muscovey i reckon
 

[WarescotFarm]

A dark sussex is the same as the white one but an opposite. Mainly black with white patterns around neck.

Oh is it horrid to say I was hoping not for a muscovy, I am not keen on the red bit around the beak (so picky  )
what do people do with boy ducks? is it off to the pot or the local pond?

I tried sexing it at a day old and I think its a girl 

[northfifeduckling]

Muscovy girls are lovely! They don't quack and are very gentle, less skittish than the European breeds. They also make brilliant mums if you want to hatch any other ducklings naturally

[WarescotFarm]

I guess we love her now (well the kids do) so it doesn't matter what she is (unless she is a boy)

[northfifeduckling]

how did she come to be with you, WF? 

[WarescotFarm]

We tried hatching 6 eggs in an incubator but only 1 hatched.
We now have a really tame daft duck added to the team

[northfifeduckling]

If it's a girl you might have problems with her descendants' fertility, depending on the breed of your boys. They don't mix well genetically with European ducks. I take it you hadn't planned on hatching Muscovies from those eggs  ? 

[Fowlman]

The dark sussex is a hybrid.

[tizaala]

I can categorically say it's definitely not a toilet duck. (hangs head in shame  smiley needed )