Idk the gender of one of my ducks

[kyemay1019]

If they both make a raspy, frog-like noise they are both male. Most times drake curls come in at around 4 months, but it's not set in stone. Some drakes never get drake curls. A female at this age would be making the typical duck quack.

That's of course assuming they are Mallard based. You said they are hybrids, which would mean they are a mix of two different kinds of ducks, like a Mallard based and a Muscovy. They don't look like they have Muscovy in them. So I'm thinking you mean they are mixes of two different Mallard based breeds.

Thank you for educating me! Yeah I'm new to all of this and I've tried to look up stuff but I never really found the right answer. I have read that they could be intersex? But im not too knowledgeable about that. They do both have a raspy sounding quack so that's why I thought they were both boys but Zelda has no curled tail so I was like "huh". But yeah I know they're a mix. Here's what that mom looked like cause I saw her lay them but I'm not really 100% sure who the dad was, but he was around their mom and more females and they look a lot like him so I just assumed that was the dad. The dad is the first pic and the mom is the second one.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I would trust voice sexing over feathers.
Intersex .. I'm sure it can happen to be a hermaphrodite but I doubt that happens often. A drake can have female characteristics yes. .and a duck can have male characteristics. There can always be anomalies in hormones or genetics. For example I have female with a white neck ring. .that's typically a drake thing. But she quacks and lays eggs.
If it Lays eggs and quacks it's a girl. .if it has a cork screw dangle and a low raspy voice it's a drake.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Thank you for educating me! Yeah I'm new to all of this and I've tried to look up stuff but I never really found the right answer. I have read that they could be intersex? But im not too knowledgeable about that. They do both have a raspy sounding quack so that's why I thought they were both boys but Zelda has no curled tail so I was like "huh". But yeah I know they're a mix. Here's what that mom looked like cause I saw her lay them but I'm not really 100% sure who the dad was, but he was around their mom and more females and they look a lot like him so I just assumed that was the dad. The dad is the first pic and the mom is the second one.View attachment 1942297 View attachment 1942295

They are very pretty by the way.

 

[kyemay1019]

I would trust voice sexing over feathers.
Intersex .. I'm sure it can happen to be a hermaphrodite but I doubt that happens often. A drake can have female characteristics yes. .and a duck can have male characteristics. There can always be anomalies in hormones or genetics. For example I have female with a white neck ring. .that's typically a drake thing. But she quacks and lays eggs.
If it Lays eggs and quacks it's a girl. .if it has a cork screw dangle and a low raspy voice it's a drake.

Thank you! This was really helpful

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Thank you! This was really helpful

You bet.

 

[lomine]

It's far more likely he's a drake without a drake curl than anything else. He may get one after his next molt.

Dad could be a tri-color Ancona, or a tri-color mix. Mom looks like a mix. Could also have some Ancona. Does the owner not know what they are?

 

[kyemay1019]

It's far more likely he's a drake without a drake curl than anything else. He may get one after his next molt.

Dad could be a tri-color Ancona, or a tri-color mix. Mom looks like a mix. Could also have some Ancona. Does the owner not know what they are?

Well I never asked her but she doesn't have any ducks or anything anymore. We were house-sitting for her so we didn't have much face to face contact with her. She said we could have all the eggs that were there when we were there. I just wanted to try out hatching some eggs I didn't even know if it would work but obviously it did lol but no I never asked her and idk if she knows or not