Coast Ducks

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Blekingeanka

A couple of Coast Ducks
Photo courtesy of the Svenska Lanthönsklubben

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.

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