Pickle is..... well....uummmm....

**iwuvsmypuppy** · 05-13-2003, 04:11 PM

A GIRL!!!!!COLOR=deeppink] I was petting her back today and noticed some brown and black adult feathers!! ( Pickle is a mallard... and i didnt post this before but her sibling (Pudge) died..we dont know what happened exactly..i had them outside in their chicken wire cage and the next morning my dad went out there and founf Pickle under the bush..the animal that got Pudge had a hard time b/c the cage was like 50 feet from where i put it.. but i cant believe it PICKLE IS A GIRL!! my dad was right! he thought she would be a girl and she is

she is outside in the garden right now.. that is where i found out she was well... a she

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**RockyRoad** · 05-13-2003, 04:37 PM

I'm so sorry to hear about Pudge.

Poor baby.
RIP sweetie.

What good news that Pickle is growing to be a fine lady with such pretty feathers! Hope you can post some pics soon!

**Desert Arabian** · 05-13-2003, 04:59 PM

You cannot tell whether a mallard is a male or female until they are around 12 months old.

This is an Eclipse drake, meaning it hasn't matured yet...I guess you could call it a teenager duck. hehe. If your little ducky starts to look like this as it matures, it is a drake (male). A mature Mallard drake looks like this.

You can tell if a drake is mature, not only by its color, but by the number of curls on its tail. If the drake has three curls...it is mature.

If your ducky starts to look like this as it matures

then it is a hen (female) Mallard.

I am sorry to hear about Pickle's sibling! I am sure Pudge is in Ducky Heaven swimming in a HUGE pond full of fishes and other ducks.

**Jessica12345** · 05-13-2003, 07:02 PM

oh god

poor pudge.

im sooo sorry!

**HUGS** Im sure Pudge is on the rainbow bridge now though, healthy and happy, playing with her new ducky friends. May sweet little baby Pudge R.I.P.

again im very very sorry.

Glad to hear pickles is growing into a sweet little young *lady*!

**lute** · 05-13-2003, 08:17 PM

oh. poor pudge.

my cousin had 2 ducks.the all white kinds....one got sick and died and the other died of depression from missing the others.

**iwuvsmypuppy** · 05-14-2003, 03:24 PM

YLL.there is another way you can tell...the tail feathers..if they curl or not.Pickle was born April 9...that makes her ummmm.....5 weeks old?..But N-E ways my art teacher had 3( 2 died

0 but by the time it was 5 weeks it's tail was curling( it's name was Iris..they changed it to Isac(sp?)) i dunno for sure though