Breed and sex?

[whytedragon]

These are my first ducks. I bought the grey and one of the whites about 3 weeks before I purchased the runner and the other white. They're 2-3 months old, I guess. They grew VERY fast!

Anyway, I know the whites are Pekin, I think one might be male and the other female? And I know the fawn and white is a Runner, not sure of sex..but there is some sort of tuft coming out on it's head. The grey one I don't know anything about...not even breed.

If anyone can give me any opinions, I'd appreciate them

 

[whytedragon]

anyone?

 

[1lpoock]

Your right and the blue/white one is blue swedish. Males will soon get a curly tail feather. Right now listen to them, girls quack real loud and boys sort of whisper.

 

[tigerrrrrrrlilly]

The grey is a blue swedish. The others are right, pekin and fawn/white runner. The tuft of feathers on the head is a crest, its gonna have a hat. Boys have 2 feathers that curl on their butt and have a quiet quack, reminds me of tree frogs, girls have a loud quack. You will notice when they are young females get raspy and honkish when their voice is changing, and males are kind of whistly as they change.

 

[whytedragon]

Thank you for the replies! I'm not sure why my Pekins have different colored beaks and legs though, one has tan, the other orange. I guess that could be any number of reasons. Also, the one with the orange beak and legs seems to have a feather just begining to curl...though I guess I could be over analysing it. I think the Swedish has a curl coming up also.

As for the quacks, i'll try to get a good listen, but it'll be difficult right now, they're all SOO quiet..as they still peep a little more than actual quacking, I guess because they're still young. They grew incredibly fast, we're all amazed at how big they got so quickly!

 

[whytedragon]

I noticed just today, and I know this change happened recently because I checked before and they were the same...but now one Pekin has a really square shaped head compared to the other. The other's is just round. There is a big difference in head shape.
Does this indicate anything? They are full grown, i'd say.

 

[goosedragon]

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Pick them up if you can catch them. They will complain loudly and you can "get a good listen"

 

[goosedragon]

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It indicates that you just didn't notice before, head shape does not change quickly.

 

[whytedragon]

I've been looking at my ducks every day all day, as I'm a stay at home wife/mother. So I see them often, one had a slightly different head shape before, and a look at them yesterday showed me a HUGE difference now.
I do believe it can happen quickly...I mean, look how fast they grew! I got them about at the beginning of April as tiny chicks, and now they're nearly full grown.

Catching them might be difficult, lol...i'll have to chase them around with a net. I DO notice different quacks, but trying to tell which one it is is going to be difficult.

Does head shape indicate anything towards sex?

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

my pekin has a pale yellow/orange bill, and bright orange legs. My pale billed pekin came from Ideal. I think it's just genetic.