Coast Ducks

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Blekingeanka

A pair of Coast Ducks
Photo courtesy of Daniel Sörensen

This is the oldest Swedish breed of duck. It is colored like a Mallard and weighs 7 to 7 1/2 pounds (3 kilos).

It is an excellent free-ranging breed, happily living on a whole grain diet. Only some of the females go broody and raise ducklings.

Female Coast Ducks
Photos courtesy of Daniel Sörensen

Another pair of Coast Ducks
Photo courtesy of Daniel Sörensen

A couple of Coast Ducks
Photo courtesy of the Svenska Lanthönsklubben

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