Downey is definitely my sweet little drake. The calls are only 5 weeks, but I may indeed have the odd duck (appropriate, it's one of my nicknames :lol:) because lately when they quack it sounds like a car alarm. I'll try to grab a video later!
Also, if they're all drakes, I'm going to be so sad. Downey deserves a mate, and if I have 3 drakes I can't exactly trade them in and try again next year and buy more.
He just turned 2 years old. His mate died about year ago, and he never mated with our rescue wood duck female before she flew off to live outside on our lake, so he's been without his favorite pastime for about a year. Poor guy. Lol
I'd swear these are both girls (5 weeks, they grow SO FAST). They're very vocal and have loud "meeps", but 50% of the time they're chasing my poor little spotted drake and 50% of the time it's the other way around. There's lots of running in circles, some minor head bobbing, some of that "I'm so...