Duck Pecking Order

[Isaac 0]

Hello, and Welcome to BackYard Chickens! So glad you decided to join! Make yourself at home here.

I'm not suggesting its the current reason of fighting, but it does appear you have too many males on your hand.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Mr_Cone2004]

Hello, and Welcome to BackYard Chickens! So glad you decided to join! Make yourself at home here.

I'm not suggesting its the current reason of fighting, but it does appear you have too many males on your hand.

All of the new Welsh Harlequins are females and it looks like one of the mallards are, which is 4 females to one drake.

 

[featherhead007]

first off, ducks are not normal, (any of them) IMHO, They are very strange creatures. Very cute. and strangely social. "gotta love'm)

 

[Isaac 0]

All of the new Welsh Harlequins are females and it looks like one of the mallards are, which is 4 females to one drake.

Are the WH quacking then? Just from appearance a few of them look to be drakes. Both Mallards look to be drakes too.

 

[Mr_Cone2004]

Are the WH quacking then? Just from appearance a few of them look to be drakes. Both Mallards look to be drakes too.

2 of the 3 WH are quacking like hens and one mallard has a dark green head while the other has a brown head.

 

[Mr_Cone2004]

2 of the 3 WH are quacking like hens and one mallard has a dark green head while the other has a brown head.

And one of the WH still has a chirp

 

[Isaac 0]

Well, I'd say one of the WH is a male then. How do the Mallards sound? Are they still peeping?

 

[Mr_Cone2004]

Well, I'd say one of the WH is a male then. How do the Mallards sound? Are they still peeping?

They don’t make much noise, but I have heard them make some noise. All I heard was the drakes raspy voice. The lady who sold me the WH was only supposed to give me 2 females but she threw in another one and we think it might be a drake because he is smaller than the others and has different colors than the hens. I know for a fact that 2 of the WH are females because I have seen and heard them make the hen quack.