MALLARD THREAD...not rouens, Mallards!

[Amiga]

Welcome to the world, spunky!

 

[sspitler82]

We have a new mallard added to our flock. It's about 8 weeks old. Trying to determine the sex of it. It's very quiet so having a hard time getting any noise from it to see it by its voice. Any thoughts?

 

[DuckRunner]

We have a new mallard added to our flock. It's about 8 weeks old. Trying to determine the sex of it. It's very quiet so having a hard time getting any noise from it to see it by its voice. Any thoughts?

Odds are it's a drake. You'll know in the next few weeks. If it starts molting, especially around the chest you got a drake. Being quiet doesn't ALWAYS mean it's a drake, but hens generally do make a good loud quack. If it's more of a pleat sound or a quiet whistle, again signs are drake.

 

[duckmeister]

We have a new mallard added to our flock. It's about 8 weeks old. Trying to determine the sex of it. It's very quiet so having a hard time getting any noise from it to see it by its voice. Any thoughts?

In 50 years of raising ducks, my best guess is a hen, just by her orangish bill color, but the voice will tell for sure at this age.

 

[JessicaZ91]

They both have the greenish bill, the larger one has a green tint to the head which the smaller on doesn't, and the larger one had a bump on its bill just above the nostrils, when me get close it opens its mouth, is a little more aggressive then then the smaller one. Neither on really make noise at the moment.

 

[sspitler82]

If you look close the feathers behind the color strip on wing is turning whitish grey color my female doesn't have any color on her behind strip of color will post a better picture

 

[sspitler82]

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[duckmeister]

Here's my 2 flying type mallards from Metzer Farms hatched 26 April with calls hatched the same day plus several adult calls, looks like a big difference in size but it's mostly just long bills and long legs create the illusion.

The mallards are both hens, i knew the biggest one was because she quacks a lot, i was sure the other was a drake because of an olive green bill and very dark head and very quiet. Caught her yesterday and boy she quacked up a storm in protest, i was very suprised and happy to have 2 mallard hens.

 

[duckmeister]

Here's a better picture of my hens, the one on the left is the one I thought was a drake because of her darker overall color, darker bill color and the white stripe her secondary flight feathers have above her speculum, but nope, it's a girl.

 

[buff goose guy]

yay

one split black mallard duckling and one black mallard duckling im so happy !!!!!