I live in wisconsin and I have never seen an all yellow duck, and the rest of her babies are the normal brown. How did this happen?
2007-07-30 03:49:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Color differences can crop up, depending on the genetic heritage of the ducks involved. Check out the 2 yellow ones at this site:
http://www.ahmercantile.com/chickencam/
that grew up to be "grey" ducks like their mother.
2007-07-30 04:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ducks are notorious for laying in other species' nests. It could be a different species. Ducks also often pick up a stray baby from a different female. I've seen one female with up to 30 babies following her!
If you're talking about a city park, all sorts of hybridization can happen as well, some of those city park ducks are mutts.
2007-07-30 17:10:49 · answer #2 · answered by Strix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it was either a genetic mutation or another duck's egg somehow ended up in the wrong nest.
2007-07-30 16:48:58 · answer #3 · answered by Rain Dear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just like somebody being born with red hair. It could be that yellow duckies are aa homozygous recessive?
2007-07-30 20:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋