Muscovy color question

[jdywntr]

Well, nobody showed any interest in answering my boy/girl thread

so...
Another question:
Will female Muscovy have any greenish tinting on their feathers?
One of my female runners did have some green tint on her wings, I'm just wondering if that may be a way to tell muscoby male from female.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

This is my first year with Muscovy but I am not new to ducks.

I did not see your male/female question on Muscovy so I can't help with that. And you may not have gotten any answers if you did not show photos or if the age was too young. Muscovy have been difficult to figure out males from females for me except for the adults, of course. My babies and juvies are still puzzling me but the ones that have grown up I have been able to tell.

I had one "expert" come over and see mine in one pen and say they were all males because they raised the feathers on their heads and necks. Wrong! Those turned out to be all girls. Or else those boys are laying some nice eggs.

And coloring has nothing to do with male/female Muscovy. Greenish colored feathers mean they have pretty feathers, nothing more.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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yep my girls have that beautiful irredescent green on their wings..

 

[DuckWrangler16]

Ive got Males and Females that have green tints in their wings. If you have a drake he will get bigger alot faster. The hen should be only 2/3 the size after 3 weeks. Also the drake will also not feather as fast as the hens.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I have one black female- she is really green in the sunlight. And like the others said- 2/3 the size of the young boy I just got.

 

[jdywntr]

Thanks everyone. I'm thinking that I have ended up with 4 boys and 1 girl.

My smallest seems to have doubled in size overnight. Oh well.

 

[dianaross77]

I hope that isn't so.

 

[Texasmja]

I bought 3 baby Muscovy ducks, they are about 2-3 months old now I am guessing here. I have read this thread and I either have all girls or all boys....they are all the same size and all feathered out together...so I have no idea. This is the first time I have had this breed and they are pets. I just love their personalities. One has lighter eyes, one has one white feather in his/her tail, two have white across the back of the neck/shoulder area...

 

[Miss Lydia]

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They are beautiful and look like drakes to me.

 

[Texasmja]

Okay here are some pictures from today of the three, not sure what color they are called or what sex they are, they are all the same age, about 3-4 months old...They follow me every where so it is very hard to get a decent picture, lol.