Drake or Hen - Part II

[casportpony]

Well I guess you all have waited long enough... The duck in question is a hen!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Ok.. so how can you tell just by looking at the pic?

 

[casportpony]

@Table4Six , great observations!

 

[Table4Six]

@Table4Six , great observations!

My post disappeared, I must've accidentally deleted it

 

[casportpony]

My post disappeared, I must've accidentally deleted it

it was a great post!

 

[Table4Six]

I voted hen even though I didn't post. I payed close attention to the head, particularly the eye stripes: Although young drakes of certain breeds and crosses have the genetics to grow in green heads at a certain age, the bird in question has solid brown eye stripes. All the drakes I've had with these genes, even before they molted into nuptial plumage, had eye stripes with darker brown/dark green "leakage," where as the hens had consistently brown eye stripes.

 

[casportpony]

I voted hen even though I didn't post. I payed close attention to the head, particularly the eye stripes: Although young drakes of certain breeds and crosses have the genetics to grow in green heads at a certain age, the bird in question has solid brown eye stripes. All the drakes I've had with these genes, even before they molted into nuptial plumage, had eye stripes with darker brown/dark green "leakage," where as the hens had consistently brown eye stripes.

Thanks for reposting that!

 

[Table4Six]

Thanks for reposting that!

No problem

 

[BantyChooks]

I voted hen even though I didn't post. I payed close attention to the head, particularly the eye stripes: Although young drakes of certain breeds and crosses have the genetics to grow in green heads at a certain age, the bird in question has solid brown eye stripes. All the drakes I've had with these genes, even before they molted into nuptial plumage, had eye stripes with darker brown/dark green "leakage," where as the hens had consistently brown eye stripes.

Ditto, I voted hen... also, for some reason a lot of the drakes I see have stronger colour changes in the neck (stripes) whereas hens generally blend in slowly. I know there's exceptions, and a lot of them, but that's what I've seen.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I voted hen even though I didn't post. I payed close attention to the head, particularly the eye stripes: Although young drakes of certain breeds and crosses have the genetics to grow in green heads at a certain age, the bird in question has solid brown eye stripes. All the drakes I've had with these genes, even before they molted into nuptial plumage, had eye stripes with darker brown/dark green "leakage," where as the hens had consistently brown eye stripes.

Thank you for reposting this!
Great info.. Im still learning all this..