Rural Gardening: Help! Baby geese or ducks?!, 1 by duckmother

duckmother wrote:
Thank you, Moxon. Eliza is now 8 months old and stays at the lake, now. She is a wild Wood Duck, so she will only return home for nesting (if I am lucky)

You betcha! I will help in any way possible! Gender is actually pretty easy...#1 only (domestic) girls quack #2 (All domestic ducks are related to Mallards except for the Muscovy) All mallard males have at least one curled tail feather and so will your domestic males...once in a blue moon, a female will have a curled tail feather. There are other ways, too but will give these a try first.

Kim