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Hook Bill (Hookbill) Ducks

The Hook Bill duck was a mystery to me when it first seemed to ‘appear’ in Britain about 10 - 15 years ago. In fact, the older specialist ducks breeders knew it well but the breed had ‘lapsed’, both here and on the continent. That did not seem surprising. This really is a peculiar looking duck. Not only does it literally have a hooked bill which forms part of a curve around the whole of the top of the head, but its legs are not set as squarely as in the mallard. This gives the Hook Bill a characteristic funny walk. However, having acquired some of these birds to really see what they are like, we are now really hooked on them. And it’s not only ourselves. Once you have got these birds, they tend to stay. Placid, docile, gentle and friendly, they are beautiful ducks with real character. Not many people want to buy them, because of their odd looks, but we breed just a few each year because they are such lovely characters. See the full article in the January 2006 edition of Smallholder magazine  
  

By gum  . . . these worms are tough!
Hook Bills are tamer than most ducks .  . .  are these ducks  crossed with Steinbacher geese?

 

 

 

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