White Crested Duck The White Crested Duck is pure white with orange feet and bills. Their appearance is much the same as the Pekin except for their large crest of feathers on the top of their head.

This breed carries a gene which prevents about 25% of the fertile eggs from hatching. An additional 25% do not hatch with the crest. But those that do hatch are perfectly healthy and are a good dual purpose breed as they lay an admirable quantity of eggs and grow rapidly if you want to butcher those that do not hatch with the crest. The ducklings we ship will all have large, quality crests on them. Other breeds of ducks will occasionally hatch with crests but the White strain is the most popular.