Girl or boy? Quacking now rasping.

[Urban Waddler]

So, I have a 6 week old Peking duck. When it was about 3 weeks or 4 weeks, she started having isolated quacks that were increasing as the day went by. This was much earlier than my previous ladies. But then she went back to baby tweets entirely, and as of a few days ago she sounds like a raspy male, or at least the early sounds of a male. Why would she quack first? Is this normal? Is gender still up in the air, or are these raspy male sounds and the sudden stop of quacks all I need to know. No drake feather yet.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well over mating for one. And usually at the top. It's best for a drake to have at least min of 3 females. 4 and up is optimal. But 3 will work. And for feeding why not just use an all flock feed which is formulated for all poultry and put oyster shell in another bowl and your egg layers will use as needed.

 

[Urban Waddler]

You can kind of hear him/her but Loretta’s quacking is hard to tune out.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Sure sounds like a drake to me.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Do those early quacks mean anything? They were clearly quacks if I ever heard them. But they sure did stop. And she was young for quacking.

Post another video at 8 weeks. By then, if it’s a girl, she will be making some pretty clear quacking noises.

 

[chickens really]

Drake feathers don't come till after the juvenile molt. A definite Quack is a Hen and Drake will only Rasp.

 

[Urban Waddler]

Drake feathers don't come till after the juvenile molt. A definite Quack is a Hen and Drake will only Rasp.

Right, I guess I’m confused because I did hear quacks very early, and now like I said they have stopped and raspy sound has emerged.

 

[chickens really]

Right, I guess I’m confused because I did hear quacks very early, and now like I said they have stopped and raspy sound has emerged.

I understand because when getting the voice it's not always easy to know what your actually hearing..

 

[Urban Waddler]

Can you take a video?

 

[sourland]

I hear a drake and a duck.