Jenjenners
Chirping
So...I got these 3 sweeties at about a week old, they’re 6 weeks old now. They are from a mixed flock of Pekin, Runner, and Swedish. The grey obviously pulls runner, the white obviously pulls Pekin, and the black one that originally pulled Swedish is a gorgeous copper/black. I was convinced the Pekin and Swedish were females and the Runner was a male, because they started making quacking sounds early on, and the Runner sounded very babyish. Well, the Runner suddenly started quacking noisily about a week ago and hasn’t stopped—so obviously she’s a girl—but now I’m worried the other two are males... Do I have a grace period of another 2 weeks until they are 8 weeks before I despair of them being males? The Pekin has always been very quiet in general, but the Swedish used to be the noisiest as a baby, and I still swear it was showing early signs of quacking! *sigh*. Only concerned because I’m worried about the ratio...
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We have the perfect setup for 3, I was of course gambling on this not being the situation... Would another option be to trade the female back to the breeder for a male, could 3 males get along ok w/no females? We do have enough land for more, we have an acre, and I’d love eggs...but 7 noisy females might be a bit much for the neighbors... 
So being the incredibly gullible person that I am, I was grateful for her "assistance". Fast forward to a few months later and my initial 4 ducks were 2 Pekin Drakes, a Pekin duck and a Buff Orpington Duck. The two "females" she chose for me are a mallard Drake and a Cayuga drake 
Unfortunately I still haven't run into her again so that I can tell her that her sexing percentages have decreased significantly. We live, we learn. Good on you for having options from the start. That's certainly commendable
