Drake or duck? Hmmm.. NEW WITH VIDEO!!!

[LindseyM12]

Hi I have a duck and it is 9 weeks old. It is the light brown one in the pic.

THANKS!!!

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

Ducks will quack soon, if they aren't already, drakes still make baby squeaks at this age. Until the drake feather shows up, you can't be sure. I go by the sounds they make and I've always been correct.

 

[LindseyM12]

Thats the thing. I am 100% sure a different one that I have is a drake and it quacks. I mean REALLY loud QUACK and the others sort of hiss and you can hardly hear them.

 

[OSUman]

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The one that quacks is the female and the ones that hiss are the males.

 

[LindseyM12]

Do you see the dark brown duck in the 2nd pic? That is my drake. He has a shiny green head, he tries to mate and so on. AND HE QUACKS! The others voice is starting to change. I don't know how but I'm going to try to post a video. It will probably be a link to YouTube.

 

[LindseyM12]

Here is a link to my video of the drake then the duck or drakes (IDK), Thanks!

 

[LindseyM12]

*bump*

 

[LindseyM12]

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[LindseyM12]

Hello?

 

[L0rraine]

Boy, it's a hard call. Maybe you have to wait for egg laying or that curly tail --

My females have all started with a definite "quack quack quack", but I did have one drake that had a quack that was just slightly lower than the girls and he quacked a lot. But he did have a curly tail and was definitely a he.