deciphering this Rouen ducklings sex is the bane of my existence

Duckymomlol

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Apr 6, 2017
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So this little chomper was the first to quack so naturally I assumed it's a female. However today I'm noticing white feathers on the throat?!? Help. Please.
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Chewy is a mallard, but here is early picture prior to male colors coming in that shows similar light coloring around neck.

Here he is behind my Khaki drake and you can start to see male colors starting.

This one you can see him in front prior to fully changing into his male coloring. Hope this helps.

I had the same problem when I first had ducks. I was having difficulty telling between a male noise and a quack. Best way to try to figure it out by that is look up videos and compare. Usually female quacks sound more loud and like a honking sound to me, where as the males are quieter and almost a squeaky sound. I never considered the males raspy as they say. Females also tend to make a lot of noise constantly where as males tend to keep quieter and make sound only occasionally.
 
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I had the same problem when I first had ducks. I was having difficulty telling between a male noise and a quack. Best way to try to figure it out by that is look up videos and compare. Usually female quacks sound more loud and like a honking sound to me, where as the males are quieter and almost a squeaky sound. I never considered the males raspy as they say. Females also tend to make a lot of noise constantly where as males tend to keep quieter and make sound only occasionally. 


To me she sounds almost like a goose, loud and "honky", but that white little stripe on her throat just threw me off, they just started coming in yesterday and I was so confident she was a hen. Google definitely didn't help!
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I wish I could figure out how to post a video. It's definitely a quack but it sounds kind of raspy, but not really, I don't know if that makes sense or not
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If it is a female, why would it be getting a white collar on its throat? I'm so confused, maybe it's a he she?
Hmm... I don't know. It sounds like it's a boy, but i's have to hear it to be certain. I know some people to post videos, post the video on youtube and then post the link here. Maybe I can find a video of a boy quack for you to hear.
 
I do have a question concerning Rouen duck coloring..... Do both sexes get green feathers on their head? I have two 4 week olds, and when I was drying them off from their baths, ( with their heads tossing too and fro) they were shimmery green! A stripe on each head.
 

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