Hi,
I have 6 Pekin ducks that's about 23 weeks old, and starting about 16th week they started to lay eggs, most days now I can collect 5 eggs a day, so I assume there are at least 5 femals. They all looked the same to me, and I can't tell if there is a drake among them. My question is: does Pekin duck drake has that curled up feather on their tall? if yes, at what age does that feather appear?None of mine ducks have that curled tall feather.
Another thing is, every now and then I have seen one or two ducks, sometime even more, get on the back of another duck, holding its neck down, and looks like they are trying to mate. In the begining, I thought they were drakes, but now seams like I can only have one possible drakes, so what's happening with these ducks? Are they just confused? Maybe they are give each other messages.
Any answers are appreciated. Thanks.
I have 6 Pekin ducks that's about 23 weeks old, and starting about 16th week they started to lay eggs, most days now I can collect 5 eggs a day, so I assume there are at least 5 femals. They all looked the same to me, and I can't tell if there is a drake among them. My question is: does Pekin duck drake has that curled up feather on their tall? if yes, at what age does that feather appear?None of mine ducks have that curled tall feather.
Another thing is, every now and then I have seen one or two ducks, sometime even more, get on the back of another duck, holding its neck down, and looks like they are trying to mate. In the begining, I thought they were drakes, but now seams like I can only have one possible drakes, so what's happening with these ducks? Are they just confused? Maybe they are give each other messages.
Any answers are appreciated. Thanks.
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