wineryrooster
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the males deff will have more pronounced streeks of black when small maybe two three weeks when the mails start to get bigger and have deff a bigger bill they all have the personalities ladys very sweet
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Definitely by this age of 5 months the Drake would have a green head and Drake feathers in its tail. Non have the stance of a Drake either..My family has 2 year old a Rouen hen with a partial neck ring too She had them confused for months!
I'm going to guess they are all hens except for the one on the far left with their face turned. I think that duck may be a drake based on the dark unbroken stripe on his head, and what appears to be a more greenish bill, but that's not always a great indicator since the hen I mentioned also had a dark stripe when she was young.
Here's a couple more pics. A little closer look.View attachment 1492082 View attachment 1492083
Thanks. Edited post and added photo.I haven’t had Rouen ducklings since April, so I can’t really recall if the females ever had green on them, but my males didn’t change to male colours until they had all of their feathers, and then a bit after that. At about 2 months and 1 week there were the first signs of green, first right around the bill and on the bottom of their necks. Also a white spot on the males lower neck.
I just did a post that said DUCK LOOKS SICKI have 3 Rouens ducks and color wise I don't agree with the green head meaning its a girl or boy as all 3 of mine have it and I had them sexed from a hatchery 2 girls and a boy. I'll try to get a pic to post but its hard. For their colors you can't start noticing the boys from girls until 9 weeks when they start to molt into their adult feathers. The boys will start to get white all over his wings first and then I'm not sure as I'm not that far yet lol. However one if my girls started to turn white too but only the very tips and I voice sexed them and indeed I only have one male. I find if you pick them up and hold them there they will start to make quacks and what not when they are ready to get down. That's what I did to get a few of my boys to quack for me and it does work. You should come join the Rouen thread. Congrats on your babies! They are cute.
How old were they when they started to develop a ring around their neck? I have one I'm not sure about. I thought it was female but it's quieter. Not necessarily like a drake. But just a quiet honk maybe