How to tell males from females

[Ariel301]

I am getting some older Pekin ducks tomorrow. I've never had them before, and was wondering how I tell a male from a female? In pictures they all look the same to me.

 

[Emzyyy]

If they are full grown I think the males should have a curl in their tail and the females don't but I'm not sure?

 

[katharinad]

Males have a curl feather and a raspy quack. Girls will quack really loud and its sound like rack-rack-rack. You will hear the real difference between them. If not sure grab one and listing to its complaints.

 

[Miss Red]

yupp. Or as I refer to it, the reverse upside down rooster tail.

 

[NanoByte]

Theres two ways of telling.

Males have curly tail feather, females dont.


And if ducks are small, you kinda push its butt and the penis pops out if its a male.

 

[Ariel301]

Well, the ducks were delivered to me this evening. There are 5 Pekins and one that looks like a Runner duck. They're really thin and in bad shape, and their feathers are so raggedy I can't tell anything by the tails. Maybe they are all female, or any males just have really torn up tails. I'll have to listen to their voices and see.