Sex

[Metz]

Might this be the article ? Interesting stuff

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40016817#:~:text=The mandarin duck: "All their eggs in one basket"&text=Last year, I was surprised,was turning into a male.&text=This plumage is a secondary,brown colouration in the Autumn.

This ex green headed male now has very similar markings to it's mother and is pairing up with hhr snowy drake !!!

 

[Isaac 0]

Both are Gorgeous!

 

[LAYAM]

My two Welsh Harlequin gals!

They hatched in early July 2021 (alongside 5 brothers all of which we rehomed with a friend who has a large pond) … sometime in early winter, she started changing colors … our Scovy drake shows no interest in or aggression towards either of them …