how old do muscovy ducks have to be to tell the gender?

[Miss Lydia]

thank you, so they are to young to tell the gender?

Yep.

 

[EthenNoah]

how old are they usually before you can tell?

 

[Miss Lydia]

how old are they usually before you can tell?

around 6 weeks on you'll notice the drakes growing faster and larger ,legs will be thick ducks will have shorter legs and thinner legs. Drakes sometimes will have longer legs but not always, I have a drake that has short legs.

 

[HEChicken]

around 6 weeks on you'll notice the drakes growing faster and larger ,legs will be thick ducks will have shorter legs and thinner legs. Drakes sometimes will have longer legs but not always, I have a drake that has short legs.

x2 except for me it was more like 8 weeks before the drakes took off growing. Once they did though, it happened really fast and in what seemed like only days, it was really easy to tell the drakes from the ducks.

 

[EthenNoah]

Are the drakes the only ones to get green in their feathers?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are the drakes the only ones to get green in their feathers?

Nope some of my girls have green in their feathering.

 

[EthenNoah]

ok i was told the bigger one was born in the first week of september should i be able to tell the gender?

 

[EthenNoah]

whats the easiest way to tell the gender?

 

[Going Quackers]

whats the easiest way to tell the gender?

Have two that are opposite genders

Actually i am kinda serious, it's very hard online unless the bird is older(mature) or have a good reliable comparison. I've raised a lot of 'scovies and i can tell in person but pictures are hard, it's not an exact science...

Here two of my birds, brother in front and sister behind(same ages)

 

[EthenNoah]

Here are some more pics there not the best but its all i could get