Can anyone help us identify the sex of our 3 Pekin ducks?

[WTDacres]

Hi everyone!

New duck (and chicken) parents here. We got 2 pekin ducklings (unsure of sex) and then ended up rescuing a 3rd (came to us and we were told she’s a female). I know the tail feathers are a telltale sign but they look the same to us? The last picture is our rescue.

 

[Love Donkeys]

They look like they are females. If they don't have a curl feather on their tail and they have a real noisy quack they are female. If they have a curl feather and sound like they quack like they have laryngitis their males.

 

[KathiQuacks]

1st and 2nd photos may be drakes. I do see a slight curl on them both. 3rd could be female. Pekins can be hard to sex visually, though.

How do they sound? Females will make loud, defined quacks, whereas males will have a quiet, raspy voice.

You could also upload a video of their voices to YouTube and link it here for confirmation.

 

[muddy75]

I think #2 is a drake. But of course vocals would help confirm.

 

[GlicksChicks]

I agree with @muddy75 the second one looks to be a drake.

 

[ruthhope]

The second is certainly a drake. The one over by the pool in the first photo might be a drake, the tail in the foreground is the drake. I'm hopeful the third is female. By this stage in their development, the vocals should be quite different for females [noisy] drakes [much quieter and not a quack]

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Hi everyone!

New duck (and chicken) parents here. We got 2 pekin ducklings (unsure of sex) and then ended up rescuing a 3rd (came to us and we were told she’s a female). I know the tail feathers are a telltale sign but they look the same to us? The last picture is our rescue.

Third one is female, I think second is male, first bird could be either way.