Any thoughts on whether duck or drake?

[Tasjo]

We have a small flock and recently hatched 1 Swedish Blue and 1 Buff Orpington...

They are now 4 weeks old, the Swedish blue is starting to quack so we think is most likely a female.

However, having not had any experience with buff orpingtons before we aren't sure about him/her.

Any thoughts?

Ideally we want to keep them both, but we only have 4 other ducks (2 pekins - 1 male, 1 female; 2 Swedish blue - both femals)

 

[Quatie]

The best way is to tell by sound. Otherwise, you can't tell till they get their adult feathers in. They should have their voice change by 9 weeks. Some ducks are quiet and hard to get them to speak. Hopefully the buff will let you know soon. They are adorable ducks

 

[igorsMistress]

You may have to wait until they get their adult feathers to find out. I had two very chatty girls and one that kept me guessing until she didn’t get a curly tail feather.

 

[Tasjo]

Still waiting but will keep updating the photos... Swedish has almost definitely started to develop 'her' quack, but still not much of an idea on the buff

 

[Quatie]

Still waiting but will keep updating the photos... Swedish has almost definitely started to develop 'her' quack, but still not much of an idea on the buff

They are adorable!

 

[Tasjo]

Well... the 'babies' have well and truly grown and...

The buff orpington is a drake and the Swedish blue is a duck!

Since the last post we have also added an apricot and white call duck to our flock (both ducks)

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful Ducks

 

[Tasjo]

Thankyou... hopefully one day they will stand still for long enough to get better photos!

 

[Thesilkclan]

Well... the 'babies' have well and truly grown and...

The buff orpington is a drake and the Swedish blue is a duck!

Since the last post we have also added an apricot and white call duck to our flock (both ducks)

They are all beautiful! I love the colors of the blue swedish.

 

[Tasjo]

She still won't sit still for long, but he is now a bit more of a poser lol