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The issue I see here is when a breed can be color sexed at hatching but is sold as a straight run, there should be some effort by the handlers to keep the orders as close to even as possible. One in six is not very good odds when it should be closer to one in two. When someone gets 6 ducklings...

That does happen. I know two people who got ducklings at the same time from the same place. They each had to order a minimum of 10 ducklings. One got lucky and ended up with 7 hens (she kept a pair and I got the 6 hens and 2 drakes from her) while the other ended up with 7 drakes (she sold...

The good news is that you don't have to raise them to know they are boys. The bad news is the drakes are hard to sell in egg laying breeds and you can't ethically call them a straight run and scam someone else. At least you now know how to avoid getting drakes if you can find some ducklings to...

That seems pretty unfair if they are Welsh Harlequins because they can be sexed by their bill color for the first couple of days. I would expect a hatchery to have nearly half of each in a straight run but they may be offloading drakes with those statistics...

So I never knew what I might learn by doing an online search of the male duck's anatomy. Apparently the reason my ducks take a break from reproduction November to February is so the drake can lose and then regrow his member! I knew that the little worm grows into a corkscrew and I have even...

Okay, I just watched the video for reference. I do the same hold and I use my thumbs to open the vent the same way he does but if I feel a throbbing and it seems like the worm is there but not popping out I switch to using my thumb and pointer finger on my left hand to open the vent while I...

I never watched a video so I am sort of self taught. I can usually feel the boy part moving below the vent so sometimes I push it out gently if he is pulling it in. It helps to have the ducklings upside down and in a position where they flip their tail back to balance themselves. That seems...