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"If I recall correctly" - it's been a few years since I had baby mallards

IIRC, it starts around 10 weeks or so.

That flip shot is awesome!

Awww, what a sweet boy! And what a cute little sweater, lol.

Aww, lovely boys! Since we were talking about rain and mud, here's my Dexter with a mud mask on, hahaha.

Sounds normal to me! I even had one that would open his mouth and try to catch the water falling, especially from drips (or from shower heads, lol). Plus, when it rains, you get a duck's favorite thing - mud! Haha :)

I used to link to a couple of my youtube videos to illustrate the difference between male and female sounds but then someone else on here shared this link that has both: http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm How old is Silas?

Looks like he should have it within the next few weeks, depending on how quickly he molts. He's definitely heading in that direction - his breast is chestnut colored, his body has a lot of gray so far, and I'm pretty sure I see some green "eyeliner". ;)

Haha, maybe mine just have Stockholm Syndrome or something, but they are very good about hanging around. They wander into the neighbor's field sometimes, but that's about it. My property is actually bordered by a creek that they have yet to discover, except for one time in the winter when it was...

Blue/grey? That's different. I've seen the girls' bills go almost brown/black, with very little orange, and the boys go anywhere from yellow to green, but never blue. Males will start molting between 2 and 3 months, from my experience, and that's when they get their signature green head and tail...

I definitely hear some girls later, but I have no idea about the squeaky one at the beginning. Maybe a temporary problem from the hormonal change going on? Lol, it sure is a funny sound. If it is a male, its bill will begin to change from orange to yellow in the next few weeks, so if the voice...

Mine didn't start laying until close to 6 months (in August), and then quit around October/November and started back up this spring.

Dexter (the male) is actually the one at the front right. Ruby Sue is behind him, and little Miss Turkey Duck has her head down. You definitely have mallards, and they look perfectly normal for their age. Not sure if I mentioned it or not, but both males and females have the iridescent blue...

I second the statement that regardless of looks, whoever is quacking is female. If the others don't start quacking in the next week or two, then they are likely males...my experience has been their voice changes later and more subtly than the females. I would also reiterate that the green sheen...

Sorry Muus, those ducks are way too young to be getting green head feathers. Boys will always feather in just like the girls at first, and then molt a month or two later. See my three young ones below, and then a few weeks later the fellow in the middle of the first pic looked like this.You can...

Those have got to be some of the most unique ducklings I've ever seen! Surely they are mixed breeds...the one with the white puff does look like it could be part mallard or rouen, given its markings, and the mystery duckling could be part swedish because of its yellow chest. But I can't see how...

They definitely can be rough. I just separate them when it becomes a problem; I can't bear to get rid of any of them because being drakes (which almost no one wants) they'd probably end up as someones dinner. :( That and I can't possibly keep enough females to make 4 boys a non-issue, lol. I...

Sorry, just realized I forgot to say that it appears to be a boy. By that age the males' bills turn a greenish-yellow and the females' bills stay orange. Pretty soon he'll start getting a gorgeous green head too. :) I'm surprised he can't fly yet though. Most of mine were flying by 8-10 weeks.

if it's smaller than even a khaki campbell by that age, then yes, I'd say you've got a mallard. rouens are very large, like pekin-sized (8-10lbs). khakis are only a pound or two bigger than a mallard, i believe (4-5lbs vs. 2-3lbs).

Muus is right. In the pic labeled Chuck Norris and Ms Quackers, it looks like you've got it right - Chuck's a boy and you already know Ms. Quackers is a girl. Not sure if the one to the far left on the bottom two pics is Chuck or not, but that's also a boy. With the others, it's a little hard to...