Duck or Drake?

[Derksmit]

Do you think this baby is a duck or a drake?

Thanks in advance.

 

[citychickx6]

All the drakes I had developed a feather above the tail that curled very noticeably. Mine got theirs at about 5 months old.
I am thinking it looks young yet.

 

[Andora]

How does it quack? Loud and honk-like or quiet and mwacking/whisper sounding?

 

[DuckLover2399]

Drake by the looks of it. And that is not true about the feather. My are 2 months and my drake just got it.

 

[Derksmit]

It is about 4 months old. I am uncertain as to the exact timing of voice changing/ drake feathering. It seems to still have the ability to be loud when it wants to, however such episodes are becoming less and less frequent. The quacking is hard for me to gauge since we just recently started with ducks, so I have little basis for comparison. I was hoping someone would be fimiliar enough with the breed to make a good guess or maybe we could just put it to a vote?

 

[PtldChick]

At four months old you should be able to tell the difference in the quack...the boys are raspy, almost like a loud duck whisper. The girls actually quack. I could tell my Indian runner drake (that was supposed to be a hen) was a drake at 2 months due to his voice. If your duck quacks loudly, chances are she is a she.

Now they're 3.5 months and the drake has his beautiful green sheen (he's a black) and his curly tail feather.

Since I have three hens, I don't mind. The boys are quieter and it just means I could incubate duck eggs if I choose to.

 

[Mother_Hen2011]

different species have different time frames and everything lol each duck is unique in every way. My drake was 4.5 months old when he finally got his "Sex Feather". Hes a Buff/Orpington Drake.
His name is Cheeze his mates name is Quackerz.

Here is a pic of my male a female pair.

Yes my drake is much much quieter than my hen lol
She is VERY LOUD!! Lol Hope this helps alittle.. Hopefully if you look close enough you can see his "Sex Feather"

 

[kfacres]

ducks and geese are the easist thing to sex, of all poultry... I learned to do this when I was about 9. and they can be successfully sexed at any age...

flip over, expose vent. and push downward... if it's a circle, it's a hen.. if it's pops out.. it's a drake..