Buff orpington drake plumage

kirkyanne

Songster
5 Years
Mar 5, 2017
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Hello my buff ducks are almost 9 weeks old and fully feathered. Wondering when the male plumage comes through though? Drakes usually get dark heads like this:
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I vent sexed them young and was sure we had 4 girls and 3 boys, but they all still have similar colouring. Anyone know?
This is my flock :
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Hello my buff ducks are almost 9 weeks old and fully feathered. Wondering when the male plumage comes through though? Drakes usually get dark heads like this:
View attachment 1973951
I vent sexed them young and was sure we had 4 girls and 3 boys, but they all still have similar colouring. Anyone know?
This is my flock :View attachment 1973950
Soooon!!! I had khaki campbells green on wing came in around 3 months.. quite pronounced..
 
Hello my buff ducks are almost 9 weeks old and fully feathered. Wondering when the male plumage comes through though? Drakes usually get dark heads like this:
View attachment 1973951
I vent sexed them young and was sure we had 4 girls and 3 boys, but they all still have similar colouring. Anyone know?
This is my flock :View attachment 1973950
So how many of these turned out to be drakes and at how many weeks did the drake plunge come in?
 

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