beckylein15
Chirping
So, I hatched 9 khakis in April, and all but one appears to be male for my layer flock At just about 6 weeks old, only one quacks and the rest have a raspy peep.
I decided to get some females (we won't be keeping all of the males), and ended up with 4 females who are 3 months old. The ad said parents are Khakis, Welsh Harlequins, Saxony, Rouens, and Mallards. I was not clear if they're a barnyard mix or actually kept to their breed, and I didn't especially care as we just want ducks as pets/layers.
I get them home and realize as I am carrying them one by one to their partitioned duck house that one of them doesn't quack. I've watched every YouTube video I can find and listened to the link that's usually posted re: voice sexing. If it doesn't quack, it's a male.
This is that duck:
I sent the video to the seller and she said it might be a Muscovy female? She said she was going to ask her husband and I haven't heard back yet, so I'm reaching out for other opinions
Thoughts on sex and breed?
Also, these are the other three and I am curious about what breed they potentially are/barnyard mix. I think the two are maybe Saxony? And the one has colouring like my khakis but with black instead of brown. Maybe some kind of khaki cross?
Thanks so much!
I decided to get some females (we won't be keeping all of the males), and ended up with 4 females who are 3 months old. The ad said parents are Khakis, Welsh Harlequins, Saxony, Rouens, and Mallards. I was not clear if they're a barnyard mix or actually kept to their breed, and I didn't especially care as we just want ducks as pets/layers.
I get them home and realize as I am carrying them one by one to their partitioned duck house that one of them doesn't quack. I've watched every YouTube video I can find and listened to the link that's usually posted re: voice sexing. If it doesn't quack, it's a male.
This is that duck:
I sent the video to the seller and she said it might be a Muscovy female? She said she was going to ask her husband and I haven't heard back yet, so I'm reaching out for other opinions
Thoughts on sex and breed?
Also, these are the other three and I am curious about what breed they potentially are/barnyard mix. I think the two are maybe Saxony? And the one has colouring like my khakis but with black instead of brown. Maybe some kind of khaki cross?
Thanks so much!