Duck changing colors?

[jenfletcher]

May I ask now old that handsome gentleman is...

4 months and thank you we think he is handsome too!

 

[jenfletcher]

A mallard or rouen mix for sure! Pretty duck!

Thank you!

 

[jenfletcher]

That is a handsome duck,but looks like a mallard and something else had a moment together. Was it all black we you brought it home?

That is a handsome duck,but looks like a mallard and something else had a moment together. Was it all black we you brought it home?

Thank you!

 

[jenfletcher]

Do they usually molt this young? Do yall think it's a drake? Will he turn completely gray or just look crazy for a bit then turn back to how he looked before?

 

[CLovesDucks]

Do they usually molt this young? Do yall think it's a drake? Will he turn completely gray or just look crazy for a bit then turn back to how he looked before?

I don’t think it’s a drake. Mine had drake feathers by this age.

 

[jenfletcher]

I don’t think it’s a drake. Mine had drake feathers by this age.

I was trying to go by quack and this ones is quieter and more raspy than the peking.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Do they usually molt this young? Do yall think it's a drake? Will he turn completely gray or just look crazy for a bit then turn back to how he looked before?

Color wise I would say drake. Mallard hens wouldn't get that bluish gray color.
Best way to tell is by voice.
http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm

 

[CLovesDucks]

I was trying to go by quack and this ones is quieter and more raspy than the peking.

Oooh. Tricky duck! Voice sexing is pretty reliable but, even still, I would expect to see at least the start of a drake feather by this age.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

https://www.thecapecoop.com/duck-molting/

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Oooh. Tricky duck! Voice sexing is pretty reliable but, even still, I would expect to see at least the start of a drake feather by this age.

Mine don't always have a drake feather until they finish their juvenile molt.