Young rouen drake going through the change (Almost done!)

[miadolphnsgrl426]

Love the thread! Your drake is handsome Zilla! I need help from you and I figured you'd be expert help since you have rouens.

I have a week and a half old female rouen baby which I ordered her online so I KNOW she's a girl since I specified it. (I must add that I LOVE her! So sweet!) Anyway, I don't know whether she is exhibition or production and I don't think the website specified (efowl.com) - is there one type that is more common here in the states than the other?
Also, how long does it really take a rouen to get to full size? I have found some say 6-8 months where some say a year and half (is that dependent on the exhibition/production type?)

Thanks much!

 

[Wifezilla]

They will be feathered out and sexually mature at 6-8 months, but it takes a year or more until they are totally "filled out".

Since your duck most likely came from a hatchery, it will be a production rouen.

I sold Bungie a while back. I wanted to concentrate on egg layers so I now have mostly Welsh Harlequins. Bungie got a new home out east and has some mallard girlfriends now

 

[kcardella]

Very handsome boy, Wifezilla!

 

[jjrabbit2]

So Happy to have found this thread Wifezilla! My friend and I are new to ducks We both bought 1 rouen. I also bought 2 kacki cambells 1 runner and 2 blue Swedish. I wish I would have gotten more rouens thou bummer! Any way they are 4 wks old and looking very female. So I started looking for ages of feather developmentand found your thread. I saw a little green sheen in the sun today on Daffy So I have hope now that he is a HE!

His Head is very dark now that I have been looking at young ducks. I will post a pic hopefully tomorrow! Thanks for all the pics and great info!

 

[Wifezilla]

I ended up selling Bungie to concentrate on Welsh Harlequins and other heavy egg laying breeds. He was a very handsome duck and went to a woman with a bunch of female mallards.

Rouen ducks are very pretty, I just wanted to keep those high qty egg laying genes in my flock.

 

[L0rraine]

Thanks for posting all the pics everyone. I've been quite curious about the Rouens and kind of wanting a pair, but they would be quite a contrast to my Runners. I LOVE the striking lacing on the females' feathers though and their cute heads. (My duck passion is a bit like my passion for dogs used to be - seems I wanted to have more different breeds than I would ever have room for. One day it's Hookbills, then Blue Swedes, then Harlequins ...)

 

[HiddenHill Heretic]

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