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The silver harleys have green heads. The gold harleys have a brownish gold head with hints of green when the light hits them right.

When I ordered from Holderreads I mixed the dozen and asked for 6 of each and got 3 gold drakes, 3 gold hens, 3 silver drakes and 3 silver hens. I actually like the softness of the brown color in the golds.

They can get off the ground about 2 to 3' and fly about 10'. They are really to bottom heavy for flying. They start laying eggs about 6 to 7 mos. The females should have almost black beaks around 7 mos and the legs should have started to slowly change by 7 mos. Sometimes it takes up to a...

The following links will give you the reason that breeders use the words "critical", "endangered" in their advertisements. Some of that information is from as far back as 2008. While it's true that there are a lot more Welsh Harlequins being bred I'd say that less than 20% are being bred to...

That's what I said too a couple of years ago when I first got my Welsh Harlequins... I bought 4 of them and enjoyed them thoroughly. Then I went to my first poulty show and met some really nice people.... and no Welsh were at the show... I asked the duck people and no one knew of anyone who...

The best way to find out where someone is located and how far away they are from you is to use MapQuest. Just log in your adddress and the city and state and it will give you the direction, milage and time it takes to get there.. That way you have an idea of the trip and can figure out your...

Check craigslist for ducks.... there is a guy in Lake Butler that has quite a few (decent) and he sells for about $15 per duck... he runs ads all the time...

Can you accurately sex them by that age..... and what is the difference in the final coloring of the dark vs the lighter ducks.??

Well Mother Nature solved my fencing problem..... Local eagle claimed the youngest duck, (most adventouras) while she was on the large pond... Now the other ducks won't go down near the place... no trees down there for them to run under... so they are all staying up near the waterpond...

Thanks for the tip...... still trying to bypass the fencing thing... way too much area and I don't want to pen them in.... BUT.... we built a nice pond with a small waterfall that they have fell in love with.... put food out under one of the palms close by and they have taken to staying...

I am occasionally finding a duck egg that is soft and rubbery (sometimes without a yoke)... have not figured out if it is the same duck each time. I figured it was the youngest one and she wasn't quite ready to be laying... except today I found 2 rubbery eggs and had already collected the...

whoops.... they were WH and I lost all of them to the pond and the gator....

My property is 225' across by 1600' deep.... the pond is on one end and the house is on a hill in the middle... there is a cabin about 300' from my house half way between the pond and my house.... The property is set up for horses with horse fencing (wire strands). I have a 6' privacy fence...

How in the world can you get them back home... Once mine heard the migrating ducks in the spring landing on the pond they headed for the pond ...... and there was no way of getting them to come back....

I have Welsh Harlequins between 6 and 9 mos of age... Only one did I incubate the others I bought at about 2 mos.. Guess I'll have to go to a local breeder who does the job on his stock and either have him do it or learn how...!!! Thanks for the info..

Quote: Pinioned..... I've heard the word used and believe it to mean they have been rendered incapable of flying... What is done to the bird and at what age.??? Mine are just at the age they are starting to fly very short spaces and I have a lake about 900 ft away... don't want to lose...

Well I guess I have to trim down my Welsh Harlequins...... I just posted my gold drake and a silver/gold hen on the auction site... hopefully they'll stay close so I can get some babies at a later date...!!!

I didn't realize that the females colored up as much as that... I thought they stayed pretty much white.... How long before they reach full coloring and maturity.... start laying eggs....

I bought a dozen eggs off eBay.... but lost all but one due to a malfunctioning incubator.... he's the darkest, oldest drake.... I bought 3 females from a North Central Florida breeder..... and 5 from an auction... I have 4 females and 5 males.... I'm going to sell a pair at the auction this...

I have a young duck that I can't figure out if it's male or female... any info would be appreciated.... here's her photo ..... she's on the left and a known female is on the right.... it looks like her bill is starting to darken but I'm not sure.... and here's a closer look at just the...