She was a she up until the adult male colors started coming in last week -- a white ring around the neck, and the head turning green. Apparently the juvenile form looks exactly like a female. The voice should've given it away though -- the male has a quiet, muffled quack, as Frenchie has.
If the voice is a dead giveaway, then Princess Snowball the Pekin is actually Prince Snowball. Oops. So much for the exam I gave him/her a couple of months ago. I'm giving it another month to be sure though -- the tail feathers also curl up to indicate drake instead of duck.
It also appears that 5 out of 6 muscovies are drakes. What bad luck! At this rate I'll be having roasted duck earlier than I thought. When there are too many drakes, there is a lot of fighting, and the female gets ganged up on if you know what I mean. And sometimes they get killed because of the excessive attention.
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yay Gender changing birds! woo hoo! beats heck outta color changing lizards?
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