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    Is this a male or female Rouen? 12 weeks old

    I think they are going to wind up going to a farm of a friend that has all females. We do not have room for more than 2 ducks, unfortunately. We are going to wait until they are fully adult feathered.
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    Is this a male or female Rouen? 12 weeks old

    Definitely raspy. Adam whistles. And his voice is raspy. No loud quacks at all from either of them. Nothing that qualifies as a "honk".
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    Is this a male or female Rouen? 12 weeks old

    We have 2 ducks (first time as duck owners), both 12 weeks old. I *think* the rouen is a male based on my research. The kids and hubs keep hoping one is a hen but I really think we have 2 drakes. These pictures are of Jenna... the Rouen. Jenna has a green bill, has started doing the same flappy...
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    "Americana" 5 week old chick gender help

    3 Hens, 6 Roosters.... H appears to also be a rooster. Now I am trying to decide which one to keep of the roosters. Not sure how feather gentics work. I LOVE the black and white one, but we have recessive white in our flock and does he have dominant white? I don't want an all white flock...
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    Trying decide on rooster... please help! Long post

    Ok... first... our goals. We love the taste of the silkie eggs. We find them to have much richer flavor than our other eggs. We also love their soft, poofy feathering and they are so super gentle as a general rule. They are really good mamas. We love the blue and green eggs for the "novelty"...
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    New from WV

    Thank you!!
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    New from WV

    I started a thread to figure out the genders but I will post a few here for interest as well. 😊 These are our ducks, Adam (Gray Swede) and Jenna (Rouen). Our dog Lux who thinks he is one of the chickens when they are out and about, and another picture of him because he is the prince around here...
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    "Americana" 5 week old chick gender help

    Hi! We have nine 5 week old chicks that were listed as "Americana" from TSC. They were straight run and we are now starting to really figure out the males and females but I want some confirmation help please! It's just fun trying to see if we wind up right or not. I got really good pictures of...
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    New from WV

    Hi! I am new here but not new to chickens. I have read here for years when needing questions answered. We have owned chickens for about 11 years. We currently have 14 layers (EE, Silkies, Isa Brown, Black Australorp, and Mixed Silkie/EE), 1 Rooster (EE/Silkie mix and super sweet!), 4 pullets...
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