does anybody know how to tell if a duck is male or female

[teresa42299]

we have a couple of ducks and don't know what duck is a male or female. we know one is a female and have at least 2 males. they are mallard ducks. none of them have the dark green heads but one does have a little green.

 

[Sphynxii]

How old are they? My mallards took ages to get the green feathers.. it might help if i could see a picture

 

[teresa42299]

4 of them are 4-5 months. 1 is a few weeks. 3 are 1-2 years. ill get pics as soon as I can.

 

[teresa42299]

im not sure if the few week old one is a mallard. we just got him.

 

[Sphynxii]

okay awesome, thankyou and yeah i think itheir still at that hard to tell stage

 

[blueraven]

hello I have mallards and the way I tell them apart visualy is by looking at the bill if the bill is olive green with some to no black spots its male , if its orange with some black around the nose. it is a female. another way is vent sexing they have some videos on youtube by mertzer farms on how to sex ducklings and geese its the same for when they are older.

 

[blueraven]

my female mallard
Male mallard in eclipse molt
Mallard male in normal feathers for mating season and winter.
females do not molt different feathers.

hope this helps you