Female or male?

[Chickensss_25]

Hello! This is my first post about a duck. I have a 3 week old duck and idk if its a male or female. Can someone tell just by looking at it? Here are some pictures

 

[DucksAreBest]

Sorry, but it's still too young to tell the gender. If it's a female, she will start quacking at 4-6 weeks old, but if it's a male, he will start making a raspy voice at about 8 weeks old.

 

[Everose]

Too young, welsh harlequin ducks are the only breed of ducks that can be gendered as babies. You could vent sex and if you do it right your little baby won't be injured but if you do it wrong then it could cause problems, waterfowl are much easier to sex than chickens. I would just wait for quacks and mature feathers before I would consider vent sexing.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

This might help you: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/what-gender-is-my-duck.76564/

 

[Everose]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...lection-incubation-brooding-and-sexing.67707/

This thread also has some good info about waterfowl in general and it also includes instructions on vent sexing.

 

[Everose]

If I'm going to make a guess I would say it's a boy bcuz it has a kinda thick head and neck, funny broad stance, and it's feet look a little disproportionate. But that's just a guess, waiting is best

 

[Chickensss_25]

Sorry, but it's still too young to tell the gender. If it's a female, she will start quacking at 4-6 weeks old, but if it's a male, he will start making a raspy voice at about 8 weeks old.

Ohhh ok ok! Thank you so much! And if its a male, can i keep it with my chickens? In the same coop?

 

[SolarDuck]

Ohhh ok ok! Thank you so much! And if its a male, can i keep it with my chickens? In the same coop?

Not really a good idea. Ducks have penises and chickens don't, it looks like you have a Pekin duck which is a large breed and he definitely could seriously injure or kill your chickens. If you have a girl you could try keeping her and another female duck friend for her with the chickens.

 

[Everose]

Not really a good idea. Ducks have penises and chickens don't

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[Chickensss_25]

Not really a good idea. Ducks have penises and chickens don't, it looks like you have a Pekin duck which is a large breed and he definitely could seriously injure or kill your chickens. If you have a girl you could try keeping her and another female duck friend for her with the chickens.

Ohhhh dang ok. And why would i need another female duck? If its a female duck, can i have it with the rest of the chickens? If not, why not?