Transgender Call ducks?

[AliciaM]

Does anyone have any experience with transgender call ducks?

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Well... I had a call who was colored like a male but quacked like a female... Never layed eggs... nothing.. She now lives with my Grandma and is paired with a female...

 

[jbourget]

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my grandmother has misfits too....

 

[easttxchick]

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my grandmother has misfits too....

Dude, you ain't right!

I'm telling your parents!
Alicia, I have one. Drake feather, quacks, looks like a male part of the time and female part of the time.

 

[Speceider]

It hasn't changed gender. In all likelyhood, it has an ovarian tumor that has reduced the amount of estrogen it produces. When the amount of estrogen is produced, plaumge characteristics of drakes become apparent.

CLINT

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Are you saying cancer?

 

[AliciaM]

Cancer is not good.. Can there be anything that can be done to correct it?

 

[newbyduckmom]

Oh how sad! I am so glad my third hen started laying this morning. I have one hen that quacks like a drake, but looks like a hen, and I thought she was "transgender" or something until this morning. Hadn't considered tumors and medical reasons for the quack/look/lack of eggs

 

[Speceider]

Not neceessarily cancer, but very possible. It could be damage to the ovary, hypothalmus issues with gonadotropion releasing hormones, some denetic defect affecting the number and types of cellular receptors. etc.

Clint

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Any treatment other than Hystrectomy?