8 week old Mallards Sex Please

[Miss Lydia]

@Luv Ducks would like to know sex of her Mallards anyone know?

 

[Luv Ducks]

@Luv Ducks would like to know sex of her Mallards anyone know?View attachment 3568476

Thanks for the picture Miss Lydia

 

[Miss Lydia]

@cheezenkwackers any idea?

 

[Luv Ducks]

@Luv Ducks would like to know sex of her Mallards anyone know?View attachment 3568476

Sorry for the Khaki Campbell and Black Swedish in the picture too. It was hard to get them alone.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

@cheezenkwackers any idea?

Wow, hard to tell from that picture but the one in the middle has brighter orange legs, a more rust colored chest and a different bill color than the other three. I am thinking he is a drake and the other three are hens.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Won’t that be awesome @Luv Ducks

 

[Luv Ducks]

Won’t that be awesome @Luv Ducks

Yes it surely would be. I was going by the sound of them at this point. Hopefully I am wrong and they are females and one male. Thanks so much.

 

[Miss Lydia]

More pictures

 

[Luv Ducks]

Wow, hard to tell from that picture but the one in the middle has brighter orange legs, a more rust colored chest and a different bill color than the other three. I am thinking he is a drake and the other three are hens.

I surely hope that you are right. I have sent more pictures to Miss Lydia so hopefully you can tell better by them. I listed them on Craigslist and then sent a picture to a prospective buyer and they said they were all Hens and not interested. I didn't know how they could tell because to me in the sunlight they all look the same with the darker chests and greenish bills other than one is turning yellow. Thank you for your thoughts.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I surely hope that you are right. I have sent more pictures to Miss Lydia so hopefully you can tell better by them. I listed them on Craigslist and then sent a picture to a prospective buyer and they said they were all Hens and not interested. I didn't know how they could tell because to me in the sunlight they all look the same with the darker chests and greenish bills other than one is turning yellow. Thank you for your thoughts.

Your buyer probably doesn’t know that they all start out looking very similar. If so, they aren’t very knowledgeable about ducks and it might be a good thing they didn’t get them. I am not that experienced with sexing Mallards, but I do not think yours are all the same. I still think three and one. How are they sounding? Are you hearing any quacks? Either way, drakes will start to show dark green feathers around their bills pretty soon as they start to molt into breeding plumage and it will be clear.