Strange duck behaviour..

[BarredRockMom]

I have absolutely no knowledge of ducks except for what I've learned on this thread:
Ducks apparently quack when they're horny.
When ducks say nothing, they are horny, too.
Ducks are horn dogs all of the time, except when their eyes are closed...and then they're likely dreaming horn dog duck dreams.
Ducks like to keep you guessing about their gender. Apparently they like to mix up their gender identity depending on the day, the time, who's around & if their eyes are open or closed.
Ducks have quite a sense of humor, mocking and mimicking everyone within earshot. And they will constantly hide from and make frantic their mates (which really could be anyone & everyone), flock mates & caretakers, only to pop out of hiding unexpectedly and punk them in spectacularly heart stopping fashion. Each evening, they re-live the days' adventures & moments of glory, plot the next days events and close their eyes...and probably have more horn dog duck dreams about finger hickeys and the like.

Ducks are hilarious!

 

[Miss Lydia]

What I’ve learned from all of this is? I need to drink more coffee! Wow I missed all the fun and hilarious stories. Oh by the way @Royaly Ducked what breed have you?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have absolutely no knowledge of ducks except for what I've learned on this thread:
Ducks apparently quack when they're horny.
When ducks say nothing, they are horny, too.
Ducks are horn dogs all of the time, except when their eyes are closed...and then they're likely dreaming horn dog duck dreams.
Ducks like to keep you guessing about their gender. Apparently they like to mix up their gender identity depending on the day, the time, who's around & if their eyes are open or closed.
Ducks have quite a sense of humor, mocking and mimicking everyone within earshot. And they will constantly hide from and make frantic their mates (which really could be anyone & everyone), flock mates & caretakers, only to pop out of hiding unexpectedly and punk them in spectacularly heart stopping fashion. Each evening, they re-live the days' adventures & moments of glory, plot the next days events and close their eyes...and probably have more horn dog duck dreams about finger hickeys and the like.

Ducks are hilarious!

Yep. You've got it!
They are worth having for the humor alone.

 

[Royaly Ducked]

Wait, dont ducks have a single tail feather that curls up backwards if they are males ? The pekins do.

YES! We call it the 'sex feather" Chips has a set of three prominent ones - Fish had a couple but then they straightened out for awhile, now they are coming back.. My daughter is convinced Fish is Transgender and we should quit trying to attach pronouns.. but honestly - that makes me very uncomfortable.

 

[Royaly Ducked]

What I’ve learned from all of this is? I need to drink more coffee! Wow I missed all the fun and hilarious stories. Oh by the way @Royaly Ducked what breed have you?

Fish is an Indian Runner (white with a brown sports bra) Chips is a Mallard I think, we thought Campbell but his head is growing in green.

Cheese and Quackers are Magpies - Cheese is my profile pic.. and honestly my favorite (don't tell the others) and... ironically.. the only girl I think.

 

[WVduckchick]

I also have to add.... "Royaly Ducked" is one of the cutest screen names I've seen in a long time!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Well first ducks are easy to sex if they are done at 24-36 hours it’s till swollen. I would not recommend anyone doing this unless you are well versed in doing this since you can do some bad damage to their bits if done incorrectly. mans by six months you should be able to tell the sex of the duck by then. The hens will have a loud quack. And drakes will have a raspy squeaky whisper quack. There is a HUGE difference.
I will side note you will have to rehome or get at least six more girls if you have two drakes. To each drake the amount of ladies is a ratio of 1/5 at least.

And if you have all females then they will mate with eachother. It’s not common to have them mate with a human. Even if they imprint it’s not a normal event. So it shouldn’t happen again.
Another huge thing you will notice is males will have a curly tail. Pending on breed it can show up 4 months. But pending on breed.

My hen wanted to mate with me daily. If there are no other ducks, humans will do just fine.

 

[casportpony]

I also have to add.... "Royaly Ducked" is one of the cutest screen names I've seen in a long time!

x2, I love it!

 

[quackiemama]

it’s all fun and games till someone gets a finger hickey.

I’m sorry.
Drakes do get curly tail feathers, unless they are molting or in eclipse plumage. That age, they could be going thru juvenile molt, so voice is much more accurate than tail feathers. Girls QUACK, so they hyena is likely female. Drakes have a raspy sound, not really a full quack.

This website has sound bites of both genders, may help you
http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm

Some varieties we can also tell gender by looks/color pattern, so if you can post some pics (or embed a YouTube video of their sounds) it might help.


And yes, 3 drakes will be too hard on one hen. Selling the hen is an option, or adding more hens, or selling a couple drakes. Or separate 2 drakes from the pair.

As far as your daughter, she should probably just stop trying to hold him for a while.

 

[quackiemama]

I also have to add.... "Royaly Ducked" is one of the cutest screen names I've seen in a long time!

x2