Ducklings quacked..and haven’t again

[Rattee]

I’m not sure if I was mistaken to begin with, but I’m hoping I wasn’t.
When my ducklings were around 3 weeks old, I heard each of them give a distinct “honk” sound now and again. I heard that this was females beginning to quack, but so far it’s been 2 weeks and they’ve all stopped honking except one of them, who full-on quacks now (and loud!). The rest just peep. I’m praying that the majority of them are females, but I don’t think I could’ve gotten that lucky with buying straight-run ducklings!
My question is, is it normal for females to start to quack, stop for a few weeks, and then begin again later as they mature? The one who full-on quacks has always been a bit ahead of the others as far as maturing goes.
I’m worried because, if I end up with even 2 drakes, my ratio will be unhealthily off and I’ll have to re-home some of my lovely babies

 

[Isaac 0]

Sorry, no one was able to respond, has she quacked yet?

 

[Rattee]

Sorry, no one was able to respond, has she quacked yet?

No worries, and no, they haven’t..only the one still..

 

[Isaac 0]

Most likely males then, sounds like a raspy peep?

 

[Rattee]

Most likely males then, sounds like a raspy peep?

Most haven’t become raspy yet, but one of them is starting to. I just don’t understand how males would have the ability to quack at all

 

[Rattee]

An update for anyone reading this thread in the future, and further information on my ducks in case anyone reading is curious:

It turns out that ducklings can honk when they’re young and still turn out to be male. 3 out of 4 of my ducklings are male, as you all suspected (and were right about, of course).

The female duckling was the only one that continued to honk as they got older, which eventually developed into a quack. The male ducklings honked occasionally, and it sounded exactly like the female duckling’s honk. The only difference being that they stopped honking and eventually developed their male voices when they were approximately 2+ months old, while the female duck quacked nonstop long before this.

I’m pretty disappointed, but thankful that I went back to TSC to get more ducks while they were still young, or I would have zero females right now!