Gender guesses

[Brahmb]

Hi!

I’m new to raising ducks and am curious about Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

They all have a dark top, and the largest, Huey, has a definite green sheen to its head. However, two of the three quack - including Huey who was the first to object to being picked up with a decent quack. The rest of their bodies appear to be uniform.

Anyone care to weigh in their guesses as to the genders? I’ll post a couple of pictures of them and keep refreshing as they grow over the weeks. It doesn’t matter what gender they are- I will get females if they all turn out to be males.

Huey is top facing left, Dewey is on the left facing up, and Louie is on the right with the oranger bill:

I think I have one duck (Louie) and two drakes (Huey and Dewey), but the two that quack (so far) are Huey and Dewey. They are named in size too, with Huey the largest and Louie the smallest. One more pic, same order:

 

[MillersFarm]

the only way to sex them at this age is by their voice,(Or by vent, Which I do not recommend) They're still a bit too young to be 100% certain based on their voices just yet. But here's a video explaining how a drake should sound, and how a hen will sound.

 

[Brahmb]

Once last attempt. Welcome to my first ever YouTube video...of ducks quacking. Please listen and let me know your vote!

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I’m now guessing 3 ducks, based on the fact they can all quack like that. Also, they don’t look like the drakes at Metzner’s farms.

 

[Brahmb]

PS - They are currently between 5 and 6 weeks old.

 

[sourland]

Hens quack. Going by beak color at the present time it looks like 3 hens. Drakes have a gray/greener colored bill.

 

[chickens really]

Hens Quack loud and very loud. Drakes Rasp.

 

[chickens really]

PS - They are currently between 5 and 6 weeks old.

Keep waiting...

 

[Brahmb]

Thanks. I’ll see if I can add a video with their “quacks”.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I have Khaki Campbell’s and they can be sexed by the feather color above their tails. I have been told that this works on all “lace ducks”. If so, I think you have three drakes.

 

[Brahmb]

Hi all!

New evidence for your votes! They now have color coming in their feathers. I have a pic of each and a video of their “quack”. You tell me if it’s a quack or a rasp! Wait for the last one at the end of the video. They are all capable of quacking like that.

Huey with a teal pin feather:

Louie with a dark blue pin feather:

Dewey with a dar blue pin feather:

Ok. I can’t upload the video. I cut it down so it’s small enough, but it states it’s the wrong extension (.mov). What extension do I need?