Anyone ever have a hermaphrodite duck?

I’m seriously questioning what’s wrong with my one blue Swedish duck “Joanne”. The same day I bought 2 BSwedish ducks from 2 different stores. I was hoping they were both girls and named them Astrid and Joanne. I was told that the older one (Joanne) was a khaki Campbell, but it’s clear now that he/she is not. They were babies but only a few days apart but Joanne was noticeably larger than Astrid. And even now, they’re 4.5 months old and full size, but Joanne is still larger. Astrid is definitely a boy- he’s got his man voice and green feathers coming in all over, even has 2 drake feathers and he’s trying to get frisky with the gals, still figuring it out though. Joanne however is still larger, has one super tiny spot of green on his/her head for months now, and sounds like a boy (no quacking at all)... but that’s it. Not colorful other than a freckle that hasn’t changed in months, and no drake feathers and “he’s” suppose to be older, and they’re the same breed, so what gives?
My husband and I purchased 2 khaki Campbell babies from Runnings. The female, Coco, is definitely a Khaki, and however as they grew, what we thought was a male Khaki turned out to be a Blue Swedish and even named him Drake. Drake is not a male, but she is a female. I had questioned why Drake wasn't khaki colored but bluish gray with a patch of white on the throat. I even took photos and showed a salesperson at Runnings and asked if they could identify the breed. They got a book out and looked it up. I really think a child must have picked Drake up out of one of the duck compartments and perhaps the mom told the kid to put the duckling back and the kid put it in a different compartment. Our stories are very similar. Our first clue that Drake wasn't a Drake was that she was quacking loudly. We have 6 ducks (5 female, 1 male).
 

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