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Toby's my baby
11-20-2005, 08:59 PM
Ok, I am totally freaked out. .

Check this out. .
a picture of our duck in september. .
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/BPhilipp/Ducks/DSC04660.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/BPhilipp/Ducks/DSC04661.jpg

and a picture from today...
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/BPhilipp/Ducks/DSC06402.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/BPhilipp/Ducks/DSC06403.jpg


These dont even look like the same ducks?!?!?! I am totally confused, what happend??
christa
11-20-2005, 09:05 PM
Very pretty duck!

Is it young? Is it possible that the coloring is a part of it's maturing process? I don't know anything about ducks, but that's my guess.
buckner
11-20-2005, 09:06 PM
Looks like the duck molted!!! :D Cute little duckie, awww.
sammy101
11-20-2005, 09:06 PM
Is it young? Is it possible that the coloring is a part of it's maturing process? I don't know anything about ducks, but that's my guess.

thats what i thought. very pretty! :)
Toby's my baby
11-20-2005, 09:08 PM
I was thinking that too, the duck is about 3 months old, but the first picture the duck looks like a female, because it doesnt have a shiny head, but then in the last pictures, it looks like a male, because of the shiny head, i dont know, sex change?? Lol, I have had ducks forever, and never had this problem before!! ;)

BTW, duck pictures in Pet General ;)
finn's mom
11-20-2005, 09:09 PM
I thought mallards were supposed to do that. I don't know that much about ducks, though, but, I thought they started out like that...and, the males changed to the more colorful feathers...and, the females stayed pretty close to the brown feathers. How old is he? I love the drakes, they are so gorgeous!
CagneyDog
11-20-2005, 09:10 PM
That's normal. The male mallards develop the green head as they get older. When they are younger they don't have it.
Almita
11-20-2005, 09:28 PM
since i have a lake in my backyard it takes 4 months or so for the males to mature. Unless it did get sex change lol which is weird lol.
Karen
11-20-2005, 09:31 PM
As the others said, it is perfectly normal. Many birds, mallards included, change coloring as they become mature. That's why in bird books, you'll often see an illustration for the immature bird and then one for the mature bird.
Toby's my baby
11-20-2005, 09:42 PM
ok, thanks everyone!
Flatcoatluver
11-20-2005, 09:56 PM
sunny was all gray for about a mouth and now he is more white then grey!! I love them changing!!
Felix
11-20-2005, 09:59 PM
I dont know much about ducks..but I wanted to say it is sooooo cute!! :D
.sarah
11-20-2005, 10:07 PM
Wow he looks totally different! Pretty in both pictures, though!
Alysser
11-21-2005, 07:08 AM
Don't worry! He's a male duckie. Males are supposed to look like that. They're called "Drake" ducks. If you want to know how I know this, my dad used to hutn ducks with his pointer,Criag, but lets not get to much into it :o :o