Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Debra1239]

Hi

 

We have a duck that is about 15 weeks old the problem is we don't know what sex it is how old will it be until we can tell it is still brown all over but has a green tint in its feathers I have always thought it was a girl but im now not so sure !!

 

can any one help me on this matter

 

Debra

[catherinee99]

There is a lot of guidance on the Practical Poultry Forum including the sound a drake makes v sound of a duck. Does yours quack or just make a sort of hissing noise?

 

You should be able to tell now. Any curly tail feathers?

[rusky123]

What breed Debra?.My 2 runner ducklings are about the same age as yours, and the same colouring, the duck is really quacking, honking ,and very very loud, has been from about 8 weeks. The drake just squeaks and mutters under his breath a bit.

[peanut12]

I'm fairly new to ducks myself, but generally drakes have orangey-brown legs, ducks have greyish-blue.

Also the quacks are very different - a female is much louder and bassy, while the drake is quieter and higher pitched (perhaps their pants are too tight)

[lisamarie]

our two aylesbury ducklings look pretty grown up now. we deffo have a male and a female. angel makes a loud quack and prince(formerly known as princess) makes a quiet hissy quack and is getting his curly tail feather!

[rusky123]

Glad you have a pair ,a fox got all but 1 of my ducklings. . Even my lovely aylesbury, Albert aka Paris Hilton.Got 3 ducks and 1 drake now, all the ducks honk really loudly , poor Ghengis just squeaks a lot, although he looks very manly with his newly curled tail feathers and a magnificent green crest, or bobble Feel sorry for him, he is so bossed about by his ducks.

[jackiepoppies]

Hi Rusky,

 

So sorry to hear about your fox attack.

 

Has Ghengis and his harem settled?

 

I once had an attack on my ducks which left one of my Aylesburys with a badly mangled foot. Put her in the shed with her partner (not expecting her to survive). He never left her side until she regained the strength to hobble out. The foot withered away and she became a very self sufficient one leg, one stump duck who continued to lay throughout

 

It just goes to prove the strength of the female mind when survival is paramount.

 

Jackiex