Are we boys or girls????

[jackrooster]

I ordered some ducks from ideal a few months ago and i cant tell if a few of them are girls or boy so i was wondering if you could help me plezzzz ?

The mighty pekin duck boy or girl??

The little mallard boy or girl? boy i am hoping!

blue sweedish boy or girl??

another blue sweedishhh boy or girl???

 

[canada-goose]

One way to tell is to see if they have a curly tail feather. Usually the drakes do and the hens don't.

Of course, sometimes the drakes don't, either.

 

[katharinad]

Yes, I was going to say show us their side profile with butt. The curly drake feather is what we are looking for. Also loud quakers are girls.
Katharina

 

[whytedragon]

Glad to see this post, as I posted the same question, with I believe 2 of the same breeds, but no responses yet. So i'll watch this thread to see.

One thing I've noticed with my 2 Pekins is that one has an orange bill and feet, and the other is tan. Not sure what that's about.

 

[1lpoock]

Haha i hate to say it, but the pictures you took don't really help....they will have a curly tail feather if they are a boy, but they wont have them yet probably...just listen, if they quack loud they are girls, if they have a sort of whispery quack, its a boy.

 

[Goat_Walker]

They look old enough for the quack test. If they are LOUD Honkers they are girls. If they just quuuack. Quaaack. Quaaaack. Low and raspy like they are drakes.

The first couple of ducks might have curly feathers if they are boys but that one mallard duckling is still too young to check the tail.

 

[sourland]

They are too young to have developed the drake curl in their tail. Voice sexing is your best bet at this point in time. Loud quackers are hens, whispery hoarse sounding voices indicates drakes.

 

[tia]

Good luck with the voice sexing... I had 7 females and couldn't figure out which one had the quack..... come to find out they all did...I listened and listened and could not tell the difference... there was none..... Now that I have a drake I can see that there is a complete difference in their voices.... the drake has a deep low voice... no mistaken it... you will know it.