Approximate Hatch Weights:
~27 – 40g at hatching
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Common Name: Waterfowl
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Brown and yellow down with complete brown eyestripe
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Broad and black with pink then yellow
Foot Type: Palmate
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Brown and yellow legs and feet
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Video by Meredith Tompkins, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/fledgling-Mallard.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/MALL-_1st-week.jpg)
Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_380d.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4209.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_4b0c.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e75-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e78.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e7a.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e7f-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e81-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e83-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e85-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e86-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e88.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week and ~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e89-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week and ~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e8a.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week and ~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e8b-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week and ~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e8c-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dda.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4205.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 260g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3e7a.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week - 260g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3e7c.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f87.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f89.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f8a.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/06/IMG_8978-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ab2.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/06/IMG_8982-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_2871-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jack Eilbacher, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8785-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8793-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4232.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dd7.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/MALL-_3rd-week.jpg)
Photo by Chris Powers, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4235.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8789.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8797-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8810-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week - 470g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_45a1.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 470g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_459b.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/MALL-_4th-week.jpg)
Photo by Britney Hover
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4362.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4366.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e7b.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e7d.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network