Gender of my two mallard ducklings? pic

[Tall-esRaisin]

I have two mallard ducklings who both have the majority of their adult feathers, I'm thinking both of them are females since the feathers are brown spotted/speckled, like female adult mallards. I have noticed one of them does have a darker chest and head, but that's the only difference (it's the one on the left); no voice changes too. I just want some reassurance, thanks!

 

[Kaessa]

It's still to early to tell, the males will look the same as the females in their juvenile plumage. No quacks yet? They look about 5 weeks old, you should be hearing something anytime in the next few weeks, hopefully.

 

[Tall-esRaisin]

Okay that's nice to know! I didn't realize they get the same feathers at first! But I'll keep my ears open to quacking differences!

 

[needlessjunk]

Here is a sample of what to look for in their voice. Usually you hear a quack by 6-8 weeks. My girls started to quack between 3-6 weeks. http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm