Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed

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mollie15

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Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« on: November 14, 2009, 17:06 »
Hi everyone.  I purchased 3 ducks several weeks ago, I have had a sneeky suspicion for awhile now that one or two may be in fact be boys, anyhow I have noticed today that two of them have the green colouring developing on the heads!!  Now I know I cant keep two drakes with one girl, what should I do?

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2009, 17:10 »
Advertise one free to a good home or wait till it's a bit bigger and .............


Sarah :)

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2009, 17:41 »
Now I know I cant keep two drakes with one girl, what should I do?
CRISPY DUCK and those steamed pancakey things with plum sauce  :) :)  Yum yum

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2009, 19:36 »
Get more girls  :lol: That's what I'm doing as both mine turned out to be drakes so I have two of Vembers lovely campbell girls coming to keep them company and I'll be looking at getting two more girls in the spring. But obviously that depends on your space. If you want to advertise free to a good home we have a rehoming thread you could pop one on  :)

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2009, 22:01 »
More girls! :D
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2009, 11:37 »
Hi and thank you for all your replies!  I do fancy some more ducks they really are such characters!  Does any one know where I could get some from around Staffordshire?

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2009, 11:44 »
Have you had a look through our breeders list here :

http://www.poultry.allotment-garden.org/poultry-suppliers/index.php

There are also loads listed in various poultry magazines :)


Sarah :D

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2009, 20:39 »
Hi and thank you for all your replies!  I do fancy some more ducks they really are such characters!  Does any one know where I could get some from around Staffordshire?

Sorry I feel it's all my fault :(  I told you to go to Eddies as we've never had a problem before.  I am So So sorry :(

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2009, 13:29 »
Matilda Duck dont worry about it!!  Its just the luck of the drawer I suppose, They were young when I had them so it must be difficult to sex them then.  I still am not sure what to do though....

At what age do they start being sexually active??
« Last Edit: November 16, 2009, 13:30 by mollie15 »

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Re: Two of my three ducks are boys!! Advice needed
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2009, 13:55 »
My boy ducks became interested at 5 months (with each other as I have no girlies yet  ::) ). You will start to notice them grabbing the back of the girl's neck in the water and a lot of feather showing off when swimming.


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