I have 2 drakes and 5 hens. I've raised these ducks since they were born. This week two hens were clearly fighting. One was pinning the others head into the ground. She chased the other for a while. It didn't look good. At first it looked like a rooster fight, but of course not that intense...
My wife and I got them from the staff at a retreat she was at, since their mother never came back to them after only a couple of days after they hatched. Perhaps a predator got to her, but I've raised them since 5 days old. The mother hen was Mallard. The dad was Mallard but I think these four...
At 45 days old, they all have green to their head, but 3 are bigger than the others and 4 have a yellowish bill developing. How can I tell for certain which ones are drake or hens?
I can't tell by their quack either. They all sound the same.