Sexing my ducks

[Lisajrob]

Rouen duck

I'm fairly new to ducks, but those look like mallards?

Rouen ducks not mallard

 

[Lisajrob]

Interesting. I thought mallards were one full and sometimes one broken stripe, and rouens were two full stripes. Learn something new every day I guess. They are adorable.

Thank you

 

[Lisajrob]

too young to tell, also those are mallard

Rouen ducks not mallard

 

[cmobley]

Those are mallards, rouens have 2 stripes. Tsc employees can barely tell a duck from a chicken much less the breed.

 

[indianaducks]

I went back and they assured me that they were Rouen .. lol told me they lost the other stripe ..

They still look like mallard but time will tell. If they turn out to be gigantic then they are rouens. If they stay small, then mallards. Also might be able to tell if the hatchery they came from, removed a back toe.

 

[Lisajrob]

From what I've learned here, hatcheries have to mark domestic mallards in some way to show they are domestic and not wild mallards. So when I was buying mine at TSC I told the employee I needed to see the back legs of them to make sure they were mallard and not rouen. I knew which hatchery they got them from (I asked) and I already had mallards from that hatchery so I knew what to look for. Look at the back of their legs near their feet. Do both sides look the same?

I will next time I put them in to swim ... interesting.. thanks for sharing

 

[Lisajrob]

So an update on my birds .. I went to where I purchased the explained that I was told that the ducks are Rouen because the clerk with the manager both told me that they do not sell mallards unless it’s a special order also told me that they’ve had NOmallards this year and ducks are marked before they receive them ... they assured me that they were Rouen ducks ...so thought I’d show you what they look like at 4 weeks ...

 

[Lisajrob]

They’re quite big pictures don’t do any justice

 

[cmobley]

They are Rouen ducks

Yeah ok whatever

 

[Lisajrob]

They're too young to sex at this age, I believe they need to be a few months old : D what breed?

Rouen ducks