Boy or girl welsh harlequins??

[iskris]

Hi all, first time duck owner! Just wondering if any can tell if these are boys for girls?

 

[quackingdom]

I’m not sure if you can tell this young with Appleyards. Eventually the females will quack and the males will make a rasping noise, and the males will also have curled feathers on their tail. But unless voice differences are discernible this early (not sure as I only have Muscovies), I don’t think you can tell.

 

[ElleenLee]

It's really hard to tell at this age, we were sure that one of ours was a female for weeks and it turned out to be a male.

 

[The Duck Ladie]

By looks I'm not sure, But one way to tell is Boys will get a whispery voice when they get older while girls actually quack.

 

[gal5150]

These are WH's, yes? Did you get them as hatchlings? If you have any pics within the first 3 days of hatch we could make decent guesses. They can be sexed by bill color with 70-90% accuracy after hatch but that window is small. Boys have darker bills, girls are lighter with a dark tip.

 

[iskris]

Hi all, may be late, but I ended up having two girls and three boys. Thanks for you help!