Duck identification

[CoyoteLeiss]

I am new to owning ducks (raised chickens for years) and i got two ducklings about a month and a half ago from a farm store in a assorted duck bin. The man who sold them to me didnt know anything about the birds they sold. So I was wondering if anyone could help me identify my new duck friends.

 

[Isaac 0]

Cayuga and maybe a Golden 300 male that still needs to develop its adult coloring. Do you have a picture when they were young? I'm not sure on the brown one.

 

[CoyoteLeiss]

I have one and the black one was black with a little yellow under its bill.

 

[Isaac 0]

Not sure, the duckling looks almost like a Black Swedish, but I don't know why it would be brown. I wouldn't see why a feed store would have a mixed breed duckling either . @Pyxis May be able to tell you.

 

[Pyxis]

Perhaps it's a Golden 300. Brown down/feathers would make it female, since only female Golden 300s are chocolate.

 

[Isaac 0]

Do some females have white on their chest? That's the only thing that was throwing me off.

 

[Isaac 0]

@CoyoteLeiss

How does the brown duck sound? Does it quack or make a raspy sounding noise?

 

[Pyxis]

Do some females have white on their chest? That's the only thing that was throwing me off.

They could They're just really mixed breeds that are also bred for color sexing, so there's all kinds of color genes in there.

 

[CoyoteLeiss]

@CoyoteLeiss

How does the brown duck sound? Does it quack or make a raspy sounding noise?

This is my first time with ducks so in not quite sure there 5 almost 6 weeks but they kind of sound like there whispering a quake and they whistle alot.

 

[Isaac 0]

This is my first time with ducks so in not quite sure there 5 almost 6 weeks but they kind of sound like there whispering a quake and they whistle alot.

Males will whistle at that age, after a few weeks they start sounding like smokers. Must be a male.