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Female duck taking on male attributes?
You can tell their gender by their quack- females make a loud, clear "quack" noise and males have lower, hoarse-sounding quacks; males' tailfeathers also curl around springtime, except now my female's tailfeathers are curling, which is what I'm confused about. Ah, that makes sense- it's...- Erin Smith
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Hello!
Hello all! I'm new here (obviously). I don't have a whole lot of experience with chickens, but I've been keeping ducks for nearly 13 years and currently have 3 girls(Daisy, Speckles and Biggles) along with 2 rescue chickens(Pepper and Bucket). I'm here to pick up tips about keeping chooks and...- Erin Smith
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Female duck taking on male attributes?
So, I've been keeping ducks for around 12 years now and currently only have females, but recently I've noticed that my oldest girl(who's hatched many ducklings and is definitely a female)'s tail feathers are starting to curl like a male's. I've often had only females for up to two or three...- Erin Smith
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- ducks female duck gender plumage change tail feathers
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