Help sexing Welsh ducklings.

[KareyABohr]

Is there any way to tell the sex of welsh harlequin ducklings without vent sexing? Are they like geese where you can tell because the dark ones are female and the yellow ones are male, I also heard you can tell by beak color is this true?

 

[Dances with Ducks]

For the first couple of days after hatching they can be sexed with 90% accuracy by bill color: most drakelets have gray or dark-green bills, while ducklets usually have yellow or tan bills with a dark tip. Gold Harlequins drakes mated to Silver Harlequin hens will produce sex-linked ducklings. Drakelets will be Silver and ducklets Gold.

 

[KareyABohr]

Awesome THANK YOU!

 

[MDC]

I have a photo of the difference posted on my website towards the middle of the page...

http://www.muscovyduckcentral.com/thefarm/welshharlequin.html