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- Apr 30, 2024
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Hey all,
I've attaching a couple pictures of my 5 week old Khakis. I know it is probably too early to tell what sex they are and the first indicator will be their quack/bwep sounds, but I have some questions as well!
Two of the four have darker bills but have slowly started showing a bit more yellow in them. The other two, which I think are on the left of both pictures, have much more yellow in their bills and always have. Their legs all seem to be close to the same colour as well. At times one of the darker billed ones makes what sounds like a quack, and it's been doing that for a couple weeks now randomly. Do their bills and legs/feet go through lots of colour changes when they're this young? I have mostly read that drakes tend to have blue/greenish bills and there isn't much talk about yellow. I also read a lot about the females having slate grey bills which the two on the right seem to match that description but not completely. Am I wasting my time concerning myself with this at the moment? They're such a close-knit unit so I'm hoping for only one drake (or zero) since we have chickens as well.
Any opinions/thoughts would be great
I've attaching a couple pictures of my 5 week old Khakis. I know it is probably too early to tell what sex they are and the first indicator will be their quack/bwep sounds, but I have some questions as well!
Two of the four have darker bills but have slowly started showing a bit more yellow in them. The other two, which I think are on the left of both pictures, have much more yellow in their bills and always have. Their legs all seem to be close to the same colour as well. At times one of the darker billed ones makes what sounds like a quack, and it's been doing that for a couple weeks now randomly. Do their bills and legs/feet go through lots of colour changes when they're this young? I have mostly read that drakes tend to have blue/greenish bills and there isn't much talk about yellow. I also read a lot about the females having slate grey bills which the two on the right seem to match that description but not completely. Am I wasting my time concerning myself with this at the moment? They're such a close-knit unit so I'm hoping for only one drake (or zero) since we have chickens as well.
Any opinions/thoughts would be great