Just a couple of questions on Rouen Ducks

Question

I bought 6 rouens a month and a half ago from a day old. They now have most of their feathers, which are brown and black, just like a female. I know that juveniles have the same colouring as their mothers, even if they are young males, but my question is...do females have slightly green heads, like the males? Because all of my ducks have a green tinge to their heads and tail feathers, and they surely all can't be males, can they? Or is it just a stage they go through, like the brown and black feathering? Is there another way, other that couloring, to tell their genders apart? Also, do they lay eggs as regularily as chickens do? Like 1 a day? Or only when they are ready to hatch ducklings? Is there a way to make females broody, just like chickens become before they hatch?I know, these might be stupid questions, but don't heckle me if they are. Just please answer them, as I really like to know! THANKS!!!

Answer 1

Well its really difficult to be for sure weather or not there male or female if they are that young.They have to be 4 months odl to tell for sure. Males look like this

http://www.laportaverde.com/uploads/male...

females would look like this

http://www.zonianlady.com/mallard/female...

There is a possibliloity they could be all males but unlikly with getting 6 of them.

They all are black and brown until they are 3 months old Thats what boh males and female ducks look like the same.

There is by the sound of there quack and there tail feathers. The males have a low deep raspier quack while females have a high loud pitched quack. Males when they are a couple months old will develop a curled tail feather. Femlales dont.

Actually ducks dont lay as often. They lay lot more less eggs than chikckens. Tey lay an average of 6-13 eggs a year while chcikens can lay 200 a year.

There are certian breeds that are broody. Muscovies, khaki campbells, and rouen are ok as well. It all depends of them when they are reay.