Mallard feather question!!

[Chick1043]

So my duckling has just started growing in feathers!! The day I got her I had a feeling it was a girl. The feathers are coming in brown like the girls!!!! But I wanted to make sure I was correct! Because the feathers are growing in brown does that mean it IS a girl? Or do boys grow brown feathers at first too? Thanks

 

[ducklover700]

Boys get "female" colored feathers, then they later grow in their fancy male feathers. Listen to it's quack.

 

[Kevin565]

Boy's won't get their traditional plumage for awhile. You should be able to voice sex by now though

 

[Apyl]

I agree with the previous two posts. They will all "look" like girls until they molt around 11 - 12 weeks old. The best way to sex is by the "quack".

 

[Chick1043]

Thanks everyone! Pray its a girl lol!!