Is this the start of a drake feather?

[Cmp1979]

I have a Indian runner which I believed to be a female due to her loud quack. But she has been mounting the other female duck everyday and I started to notice this feather turned up on her tail. So I'm not sure if it is a drake feather and I infact have a male or she is just showing dominance over my other female since I have no drakes

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

Can you get a photo of the whole duck? Colours and markings may help determine its sex.

 

[Cmp1979]

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Doesn't look in the correct place to be a drake feather.

 

[Cmp1979]

Oh okay so maybe it's just a feather that is about to molt? I really think she's a female by her voice but the whole mating thing and this feather made me wonder

 

[TheMallardDuck]

It doesn’t look like a drake feather due to its “bluntness”. If you know what I mean.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Oh okay so maybe it's just a feather that is about to molt? I really think she's a female by her voice but the whole mating thing and this feather made me wonder

Do you have a drake? Without a drake sometimes a hen will play that role and mate the hens.

 

[TheMallardDuck]

Do you have a drake? Without a drake sometimes a hen will play that role and mate the hens.

Wait what!? I never knew that!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Wait what!? I never knew that!

I didn't either until I lost my last muscovy drake. For 2 years one hen took the role of drake until I bought another drake. Than she went back to being one of the girls.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have two drakes and the females still mount each other all the time
I think it's just what they do. If it quacks it's a girl.
*Unless it's one of these rare occasions where you have a hermaphrodite.