Blue Swedish

[Lifesong Farm]

I went into TSC 3 weeks ago and came home with 2 Blue Sweish and 1 Black swedish ducklings. At what age will I be able to tell what sex they are?

 

[Eroc1_1]

I think, I might be wrong, around the 5-6 week range. If a person was experienced, I think you would be able to find out a lot earlier without the possibility of injuring or hurting the bird.

 

[Funky Feathers]

I can vent sex ducklings at 3-4 days old.

 

[Lifesong Farm]

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Ya but I don't think they would be happy if I shipped them to you to sex. Lol you gotta rememer I am in IN.

Am I looking at the feathersite right... can you tell the males by the lighter color of the beak? If so I think I have 1 male and 2 females. The black on has a black beak, one of the blues has a dark almost black beak and the other blue has a light gray with small yellow splotches on its beak.

 

[NewHopePoultry]

The beak thing never worked for me

I could tell by the sound they make

 

[Lifesong Farm]

I just took picks of heads.
All 3

Black

Blue

Lighter Beaked Blue

 

[Lifesong Farm]

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Explain please. These are my first ducks. I couldn't resist when we went into TSC. We had been thinking about them and then there they were.

 

[DuckLover179]

You cannot tell their sex from beak color. I have 2 female Pekin ducks, one with an orange beak, the other with a pink beak. You can't tell by size either. You can vent sex, wait until the feathers come in (to look for a drake feather), or sex by the quack. Those are the most reliable ways.

 

[Lifesong Farm]

What are the differences in the quacks?

 

[DuckLover179]

Males have a raspy quieter quack, while females have a full deep LOUD quack.