Talk:Domestic duck

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You know the crested duck is refering to the mallard derived breed not the species right?http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Crest/BRKCrestedDucks.html

where'd my article on Appleyard ducks go why was it deleted without explanation it had the same amount of info as the buff duck page? The Great White Hunter 16:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC) Mike_Winters

It was deleted as a copyvio of the two articles cited in the references. Yomangani^talk 16:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

strange pic

Why does a duck page have a pic of geese with roosters in the background? 81.153.58.189 11:28, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Those are Pekin ducks, not Domestic geese, they're both white, but geese have much longer necks and are shaped differently.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 17:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Page split?

I think it would make the page better if we separate domesticated duck into two one for domesticated mallard and one for domesticated muscovy. The reason being would be to make the articles more focused on pouring information about the two. You know how good the domesticated pig article looks? to me fantastic why not put this page at that standard. hello this talk section exists.

How old?

This article has nothing about where and when they were first domesticated, other than that they have been for "hundreds of years". Isn't it more likely to be thousands of years, as with chickens/geese/turkeys? --81.158.147.90 (talk) 14:39, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

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Indoor ducks

I have removed "as a pet" from the following wording:

They can be kept in a garden or backyard, and with special accessories, have also been known to be kept in the house as a pet.

While cautiously worded, this still implies keeping ducks indoors as more practical than it really is. Ducks have minimal control of their droppings, and cannot be housetrained; diapering a duck obstructs much-needed preening in the diapered area, so feathers lose oil and become infused with duck waste, some of which will not wash away until the next moult.

I am currently keeping one duck in the house to prevent the spread of a staph infection to the rest of her flock. It's a lot of work, a terrible mess, and the duck hates it. Joey and Chandler notwithstanding, I doubt anyone keeps a duck indoors as a pet, at least not for long.

I would prefer this say "and with special accessories, have also been known to be kept temporarily in the house", but that constitutes original research. Here is a source that would fail Wikipedia:Reliable sources, but states the problem emphatically enough. / edg ☺ ☭ 14:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Farming, third paragraph change

{{editsemiprotected}} Please change "Ducks can be kept free range, in cages, or in batteries." to "Ducks can be kept free range, in barns, cages, or in batteries."
Most duck farms in the U.S. raise ducks in spacious barns. Duck574 (talk) 18:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)  Done- Philippe 19:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Can't Edit

Can someone fix the right top info box. At the very bottom is captioned: "(Domesticated Muscovy duck)"...it needs to be corrected to "(Domesticated Muscovy Duck)" with a capital D. Thank you. Wakeenahh (talk) 23:23, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Taxonomy

Some websites have stated that the scientific name of the domestic duck is either Anas adunca or Anas platyrhynchos adunca.

Names given to Domestic Breeds Anas adunca Linne, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 128, 1758. Anas curvirosfra Pallas, Spicilegia Zoologica, pt. 6, p. 33, 1769. Anas cirrhata. Anas persica. Anas major. Anas grisea. Anas ncevia. Anas nigra

http://archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof02phil/naturalhistoryof02phil_djvu.txt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aves_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae

The Domestic Muscovy should also actually be Cairina sylvestris moschata. This is because most other domestic animals have the domestic counterpart as the subspecies of the wild counterpart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.105.47 (talk) 09:26, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Domestic vs Domesticated

We are presently having a discussion at WikiProject Poultry Talk Page on a standard usage of domestic vs domesticated in poultry article names. If you would like to contribute to this discussion please visit the link. JTdale ^Talk 07:04, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

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Barely a "start", needs to be substantially expanded and verified.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 17:22, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Substituted at 18:01, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Can we add a nutrition section?

You know, compare say with chicken meat/eggs. 69.22.242.15 (talk) 21:49, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Taxobox

I propose to remove the data for the domesticated muscovy duck from the taxobox. Two (sub)species in one taxobox does not make any sence. It's Domestication is described in detail in the main Muscovy duck article but not in this one. ABesheva (talk) 23:12, 20 October 2016 (UTC)