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This is a photo of a duckling that hatched around the time you think yours was. The photo was taken on August 11th (11 days ago) so that would put her at about 6 weeks old. Since then, she's grown out a lot, especially in her tail feathers and body. Her wings are still on the short side like...

Quote: I wouldn't give up on her being able to fly, yet, she may just be a little behind in her growth. If after a few more weeks if she's still don't have all her flight feathers, then I would say that she has stopped growing and may not be able to fly. As far as I know, most tame mallards...

So far, it looks pretty likely that you have a female to me. She looks a little different than the wild mallards at the same age. At our lake, we have several around the same age as yours and they all have down-less heads and bodies, but their wings and tails only have the short feathers like...

Their first feathers are all brown like a female. However, at about the age you're talking about, the males will start to get a yellow or green bill and the females will usually get more orange or retain their baby blue bill. Also, the females will tend to get a loud quack where the males will...