Any way to tell gender of 3 week old mallards?

[PoultryGirly]

I have 6 baby mallard ducks and I need to know gender. Is there any way to tell? Thanks in advance.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Are the females darker than males or vice versa???

 

[MamaMarcy]

Pics?

 

[PoultryGirly]

I'll try to get some pictures soon. It is dark out. Would it help with baby baby pictures or do you need updates?

 

[Featherland]

It has been a while since I had ducks but I do remember that the females quack and make a lot of noise and the males are rather quiet.
The males will get a curly tail feather. I just don't remember at what age all this occurs.

 

[Kevin565]

Give it a few more weeks and you will easily be able to voice sex them

 

[hdowden]

mine are almost 8 weeks old and im still hoping back and forth between 2 males, 2 females, or a pair. im thinking its a pair but im not sure

 

[PoultryGirly]

Well, I was just fooling around with them and I picked one up and it was going peep peep peep... and all of a sudden it's voice went very low and sounded like a honk or quacking sound. Is this a female? One other has a voice that sounds like it has a cold and it's raspy voice. Is this a male most likely?

 

[MamaMarcy]

Pictures won't help me sex them I just want to see cute duckings

 

[chickenreferee]

Loud and honky= girl. Raspy, whispery= boy.

Time and feathers will tell the tale soon.