drake or hen

Hi everyone! I was given this Mallard duckling to care for about 3 weeks ago. I was just curious if there’s a way to tell if will grow up to be a Drake or Hen? Below is a photo at 1wk & then 3wk

Hello! So I've been seeing stuff on sexing Cayugas by their quacks but I don't understand what I'm listening for. They're 8 weeks old so just a few more weeks until my drakes get their curly-Qs in their tail feathers, but I'd like to know what I'm listening for when they quack. Here's a...

I am hoping some of you out there that have raised quite a few ducks male and female can help. At this point unless this is a female I have only had drakes. Now I know once adult what a male sounds like, and I’ve heard on the internet what an adult female is supposed to sound like. However...

We received two Muscovy ducks around 2-3 months ago. At first, we suspected that the black one was a hen and the white a drake. The white duck is considerably larger and has more of a caruncle but not as much as some drakes you see. It is also timid and gets bitten by the black one a lot. I also...

New to ducks :) I know it’s probably too early but one of my ducklings voice has started to change and I was wondering if anyone could tell which way it’s leaning? This video is from a few days ago but it’s best recording I have of the voice. I picked them up from the feed store on 3/26 and I’d...

I've bought them early March before the pandemic outbreak, the breeder misplaced the breeds, and I think he misplaced the genders too. I'm supposed to have a couple, one female Khaki Campbell and a male mallard; instead I got a possible male Khaki Campbell and a possible male Rouen. They bought...

I feel like everytime I have a possible drake I go insane with the constant back and forth of "yes it is a drake I know it!" and "okay... maybe I dont know and it COULD be a female..." Needless to say I think I need help. I asked before but my duck was only 8 weeks old at the time so it was...

Hello BYC members, As always I'm in need of your expertise! I've posted a video of my three Pekin ducks, I hope you all can hear them as well, Mr. Rooster was rooing right in my ear. Can you all tell if my ducks are drakes? I started seeing these feathers curling up right before their...

Can you help me figure out if our duck is a Rouen? 'He' is around 2.5-3 months old. I do see a slight blue hue coming in where the black and white feathers are growing in. Unfortunately I have not been able to capture in a picture. I say 'he' because our Pekin has the true duck 'honk'. And he's...

We bought 2 "female" pekins over the winter and aren't quite sure if one is a drake. It doesn't have a noticeable curled feather, but yesterday we saw it helping hold down the hen while our WH drake had it's way with it. So far we have only had 1 egg per day, but this morning there were 2 which...