Help me sex my new ducklings and confirm what breed my ducklings are

[Hamudazahabi]

These breeds, no. Males and females look identical when they’re young. The only ducks I can think of that are auto-sexing are Welsh Harlequins with their bill colors (not 100% accurate, though), and certain mixed ducks.

Seems like Black Swedes will lay ~150 eggs per year give or take, which is a bit less than a standard Campbell, and they are somewhat broody.

I saw this on online:

What if the farm this shop got its ducklings from has a Khaki Campbell drake and Dark Campbell ducks, which explains why some are Khaki while others are black and all were in the same cage? What if it was the opposite, a Dark Campbell drake and Khaki Campbell ducks? Would that mean that the dark ones will be the females and the Khaki ones will be the males?

 

[KathiQuacks]

I saw this on online:
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What if the farm this shop got its ducklings from has a Khaki Campbell drake and Dark Campbell ducks, which explains why some are Khaki while others are black and all were in the same cage? What if it was the opposite, a Dark Campbell drake and Khaki Campbell ducks? Would that mean that the dark ones will be the females and the Khaki ones will be the males?

Khaki drake x Dark hen would produce sex-linked ducklings, yes.
Dark drake x Khaki hen would not.

It’s a bit complex, and I can explain more if you’d like, but essentially, sex-linking only works when the drake carries chocolate genes and the hen carries no chocolate genes. Khaki is a type of chocolate, and Dark is not, so only Khaki drake x Dark hen would work.

If your ducklings are mixed Campbells, they may be sex-linked, or they may not. You’d have to know the parents and their genes to be certain.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Khaki drake x Dark hen would produce sex-linked ducklings, yes.
Dark drake x Khaki hen would not.

It’s a bit complex, and I can explain more if you’d like, but essentially, sex-linking only works when the drake carries chocolate genes and the hen carries no chocolate genes. Khaki is a type of chocolate, and Dark is not, so only Khaki drake x Dark hen would work.

If your ducklings are mixed Campbells, they may be sex-linked, or they may not. You’d have to know the parents and their genes to be certain.

Oh thank you for explaining. These websites never explain, they just state.

I obviously can't tell what the parents are, but maybe I could test it and do it in reverse. I know which one has a khaki color and which one has a black color, so I wait until they grow enough to tell the difference, and then I will know if the parents were that or not, but it could also be a coincidence that all blacks I have are from a sex, and the khaki is another sex.

 

[Jenbirdee]

i once had an all black duckling and thought it was cayuga but turned out to be a a dark mallard

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Hello,
So now it's been more than a month, and they are starting to get their voices. I can't really tell which of them still doesn't have new voices, but I am not 100% sure if it's female or male sound. I took a video were one of the ducklings which got the new voice was in a corner, and I added it to google drive, so that I can share the video.
Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12GnOBmwXcjb0zFVaGLAR7DVTCE42AxqN/view?usp=drivesdk

All the ones with voice right now are making the same exact voice.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Maybe black Swedish the one with cream bib last picture looks Khaki. The other lil one is it solid black? I’m not sure on breed maybe dark Khaki or Cayuga? I’m sure others will have their thoughts too.

Also, I forgot to say. Now I realized they are starting to get blue or green feathers on the wings, or atleast I saw one of them as I didn't check the rest (I saw that on the one I sent a video of)

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Hello,
So now it's been more than a month, and they are starting to get their voices. I can't really tell which of them still doesn't have new voices, but I am not 100% sure if it's female or male sound. I took a video were one of the ducklings which got the new voice was in a corner, and I added it to google drive, so that I can share the video.
Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12GnOBmwXcjb0zFVaGLAR7DVTCE42AxqN/view?usp=drivesdk

All the ones with voice right now are making the same exact voice.

I just watched the video again, and it sounds like they were before. In reality it sounded different. I think it was scared so it made that sound at the end. I will try to catch a better one.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Here is the link for the video I just took where many of them made that sound @Jenbirdee , @KathiQuacks , @Miss Lydia , @DaffytheDuck20 , and anyone else who can help:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12MBX7i7ukYmYzOtTza35EFPpWsYB20pL/view?usp=drivesdk

 

[DaffytheDuck20]

Hello,
So now it's been more than a month, and they are starting to get their voices. I can't really tell which of them still doesn't have new voices, but I am not 100% sure if it's female or male sound. I took a video were one of the ducklings which got the new voice was in a corner, and I added it to google drive, so that I can share the video.
Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12GnOBmwXcjb0zFVaGLAR7DVTCE42AxqN/view?usp=drivesdk

All the ones with voice right now are making the same exact voice.

Also, I forgot to say. Now I realized they are starting to get blue or green feathers on the wings, or atleast I saw one of them as I didn't check the rest (I saw that on the one I sent a video of)

Here is the link for the video I just took where many of them made that sound @Jenbirdee , @KathiQuacks , @Miss Lydia , @DaffytheDuck20 , and anyone else who can help:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12MBX7i7ukYmYzOtTza35EFPpWsYB20pL/view?usp=drivesdk

Hi!

I am not as experienced as others but this is what I think.

I have a male dark campbell x with a little bit of rouen and potetial cayuga which looked very simialr to yours when he was little. I couldn't really tell who's voice was who but by the looks of them there could be 2 girls (or maybe 3) and 3 boys (or maybe 2) this was mine when they where little:

Darker one is male lighter female:

My female has more rouen in her (you may have some rouen in yours aswell as cauyga.( reason I think cayuga is becaus the offspring of the male look very much like cayuga.)) At this age the ones with the louder, more shorter peeps, would be girls, and boys would be queiter and longer.

I could be wrong though. This is from my experience it could just be by chance the male was lighter.

Hope this helps!

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Hi!

I am not as experienced as others but this is what I think.

I have a male dark campbell x with a little bit of rouen and potetial cayuga which looked very simialr to yours when he was little. I couldn't really tell who's voice was who but by the looks of them there could be 2 girls (or maybe 3) and 3 boys (or maybe 2) this was mine when they where little:

Darker one is male lighter female:

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My female has more rouen in her (you may have some rouen in yours aswell as cauyga.( reason I think cayuga is becaus the offspring of the male look very much like cayuga.)) At this age the ones with the louder, more shorter peeps, would be girls, and boys would be queiter and longer.

I could be wrong though. This is from my experience it could just be by chance the male was lighter.

Hope this helps!

Thank you very much for your response. It was helpful.

So all used to whistle, now some are still whistling and others are making this new sound. Is the ones with the new sound (that weird sound in the video I put) males or females? I also find it hard to know which sound is which, and so I think it's almost impossible in the video, but I want to know which voice is the male and which voice is the female from this video.

Thank you very much.