Blue swedish ducks? sex?

[Sheila83]

I got 4 blue Swedish ducks from tractor supply 8 weeks ago. I can't figure out if they are really blue swedish and no idea what sex they are. I'm attaching a few picture. If anyone could help me that would be amazing. I'm hoping to keep one drake and one or 2 hens if I actually have both. PLEASE HELP!

 

[Sheila83]

Anyone?

 

[Teacherchick18]

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about ducks at all...I just had noticed that you were from Sheboygan. Almost my entire family is from there and still live there. Both my parents were born and raised there and we go up every few summers. I love it there! Its always exciting when you find someone from there! Good Luck with your ducks. Maybe you could google it?

 

[featherlfull us]

Listen to their voices... The male has a raspy sound and the female has a loud QUACK... Female Voice : http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/girlquack.wav Male : http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/boyquack.wav . Hope it helped

 

[featherlfull us]

Try these methods also

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OPTION 1

A way to sex ducks at over 2 months is by it’s quack. A great website with good info about this is majesticwaterfowl.org . Here is a part of the article:
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You can determine the sex of a duck by listening to the sound of its quack.
At about 10 weeks of age, the voices of all domestic ducks (except Muscovy ducks) take on easily distinguishable male and female characteristics.
The voice of a female (hen) is a loud “Quack-Quack!” or “Uht-Uht!”
The voice of a male (drake) is soft and whispery. They sometimes even have a slight whistle until they reach full maturity.

OPTION 2

A second way of Sexing ducks is at about 3 months.
You can sex a duck at this age by it’s tail. If you take a look at it’s tail, a Drake will have something called a “Drake Feather”. It is a small, single curled feather at the base of it’s tail. A female duck does not have any curled feathers there.
This is a good example of one:
(picture to be added).
Option 2 and 3 are equally accurate in my opinion.

OPTION 3

Get a DNA test done. This the most expensive, hardest, and dumbest way in my opinion. You can’t wait 2 months!?
SEXING A MOSCUVY DUCK
Moscuvy Males have much larger red facial masks then a female does. Males are also larger then females.
These traits are noticable at about 2 months.​

 

[melandnate]

The one duck with the white bib looks like it could be blue Swedish or black Swedish . I'm pretty sure the ducks in your 4th picture are female rouen ducks. As for sexing wait til their tails feathers turn to be sure.

 

[Sheila83]

Yeah I was thinking those 2 looking more like rouens as well. And the darker one without the bid might be more of a rouen swedish cross maybe. I also agree that the bibbed one might be black swedish.

 

[FowlLover357]

i am pretty sure the brown one isnt and the black/white one is either a black swedish or blue swedish male

 

[Eyeice4u]

None are pure Swedish

 

[CIKE]

Listen to their voices... The male has a raspy sound and the female has a loud QUACK... Female Voice : http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/girlquack.wav Male : http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/boyquack.wav . Hope it helped

I know this is an old post, but thanks! I have a blue Swedish we are sure is a male, but we’re under the impression they don’t quack at all. But he sounds just like your recording. And our female Mallard sounds just like the female recording.