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ducks and geese, although able to breed, are unable to produce offspring due to different chromosome numbers (same species and interbreedable species have the same number of chromosomes, this produces viable, fertile offspring).
basically what you have between your duck and geese is the very common species barrier, rendering it impossible for the duck and geese to have offspring, but it is not impossible for them to mate.
Another thing, having experience with this myself, except it was a duck and a pelican, the duck will lay eggs, that's what they do, they've mated and figure they should, but none of the eggs will be fertilized unless another boy duck snuck in one night.
A horse and donkey can gowever. Horses and donkeys can interbreed to form a mule, but the mule has an odd number of chromosomes. Horses have 64 chromosomes, giving 32 in a gamete to a mule, whereas donkeys have 62 chromosomes, giving 31 in a gamete to a mule.
The thing that keeps mules from reproducing is the fact that they have 63 chromosomes and are therefore incapable of making gametes (sex chromosomes that have half the chromosome count) because 63 is not evenly divided by 2. they can mate just fine, but they cannot create viable sex cells (eggs and sperm). Some also believe that this hybrid cross is infertile because the chromosomes line up incorrectly, completely stopping the spermatogenesis process (the process that creates sperm).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoOn 15 April 2010 the UK based media service The Telegraph reported just such a relationship at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, in Gloucestershire, England. At the time of the report, the pair had not mated, but Slimbridge Reserve warden, James Lees noted that hybrid offspring from such pairings, while rare, have occurred in the past.
So, yes, it is possible for a male goose and a female duck to produce offspring, but I do not believe they would be called "ducklings" or even "goslings."
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∙ 9y agoNo, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
No, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
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∙ 13y agoNo they can not because they are two different species. the sperm and egg will not unite.
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∙ 9y agoNo, ducks and geese are different kinds of birds.
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∙ 15y agoNo, they are different species.
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∙ 12y agoYes, I believe it is called geese
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