Is my muscovy <<drake>>?

[michalis6]

Hello! I am new to ducks.On the 2nd of June i bought 2 ,two weeks old muscovy ducklings and now they are three months old.!So i am wondering if the black one is duck or drake.I believe it is drake because it is very bigger than my grey(sry i don't know the correct names of my scovies) muscovy and its legs are also thicker! I love them very much and i hope they are a couple.However i would like to hear your views about that.Thank you very much ) Here is a pic of them, the first day home:

 

[CayugaLover]

actually, the girls get thicker legs, so that when they are older and want to mate... when i got muscovie ducklings, i got the one with the smallest beak and it turned out to be a girl. make sure that the bigger one isn't picking on the littler one... that would mean that the little one might not be getting enough food... they are so adorible!

 

[michalis6]

CayugaLover thank you very much!No,it isn't picking on the litter one.Opposed they are very very good friends and both always eating hehe! when i went to buy them i choose one big and one small because i was thinking that they are drake and duck!

 

[jdywntr]

Yes, the black is definetly a drake and the blue (?) is a female. Very nice coloring.. Typically you will notice the size difference pretty early on. Even in the first pic, there is a noticable size difference. Males will have thicker legs since they are so much larger than females. While females legs are not slender, they do not compare in thickness to a drakes.

 

[DuckLady]

Yup, scovy drakes have franken-feet.

 

[michalis6]

jdywntr thanks for your reply and for the welcoming.Yes i noticed the size difference early.I love their colours too.I wish it is drake)

 

[michalis6]

terrielacy thank you!

 

[ian4379]

he's got an interesting shade of red in his chest in the second pic from the top. he looks petite to me for a drake, or slender in the neck. i could just be used to looking at my fat drakes though.

he also looks like he could get a white head judging on the white flecks around his eyes.

 

[michalis6]

ian4379 thank you very much! I believe It looks thin because, it is only, almost three months old!Again thanks

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are these 2 Muscovies the same age? I have a young Muscovy drake that is 19weeks old tomorrow, and I could tell by size and legs on him by 7-8 weeks he was a drake. legs and size is a big giveaway.