Ducklings questions

[New duckling mummy]

Here a pic so you can see how big they are they aren’t tiny at all

 

[PaulX]

Found one, a drakeling at 7 weeks old. The one outside the box is a drake, the one inside is a girl. The difference between juvenile male and baby voice can be too subtle to untrained ears. It's much easier to identify girls.

Here is how girls end up sounding like. These are not quacks, but anyone sounding like this is definitely a girl.

 

[New duckling mummy]

Found one, a drakeling at 7 weeks old. The one outside the box is a drake, the one inside is a girl. The difference between juvenile male and baby voice can be too subtle to untrained ears. It's much easier to identify girls.

Here is how girls end up sounding like. These are not quacks, but anyone sounding like this is definitely a girl.

Thanks for that, if I do have one of each when do I need to get another female?

 

[casportpony]

Found one, a drakeling at 7 weeks old. The one outside the box is a drake, the one inside is a girl. The difference between juvenile male and baby voice can be too subtle to untrained ears. It's much easier to identify girls.

Here is how girls end up sounding like. These are not quacks, but anyone sounding like this is definitely a girl.

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[New duckling mummy]

Thanks for that, if I do have one of each when do I need to get another female?

Also is it possible for the female duckling to be bigger than the male? I was told the brown one is probs a female because it’s a lot smaller but the brown one sounds more like a male

 

[PaulX]

Also is it possible for the female duckling to be bigger than the male? I was told the brown one is probs a female because it’s a lot smaller but the brown one sounds more like a male

Entirely possible for some females to grow faster than some males even for the same breed. Since yours are different breed that also adds another factor to it, so entirely possible.

As for gender ratio and when to add girls, I'll leave it to the experts to answer since I never kept a drake until sexual maturity.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Size has more to do with breed than gender. kCs are smaller than white layers no matter the gender.

 

[New duckling mummy]

Entirely possible for some females to grow faster than some males even for the same breed. Since yours are different breed that also adds another factor to it, so entirely possible.

As for gender ratio and when to add girls, I'll leave it to the experts to answer since I never kept a drake until sexual maturity.

Ahh that makes Sense I’m hoping I have two girls

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

You brown duckling can very well be a female! Some breeds develop their "quax" very late. My Runners last year were almost three months before i could hear the first "quaxing" sounds. The White Layers are growing very quickly, they have been bred to mature fast and start laying at just five months - that's why your girl has such a ravenous appetite. My WL's are always the first ducks the the feeding bowl. And Blanca Duck is on the prowl the whole day, if she ever get's to the meal-worm stash she will gulp down the whole 10lbs at once - and still be hungry…