muscovy gender

[hdowden]

i think 3 drakes and 4 ducks. 3 of the black and whites are old will try to label them right

older hen (4 months)



young drake (2 months)


younger hen 2 months also a runt for muscovy


left to right: young hen, older hen, yonger hen, young drake, young, drake, young drake, and in the back older hen


older hen


older hen


younger hen


young drake


young drake

 

[jdywntr]

left to right: young hen, older hen, yonger hen, young drake, young, drake, young drake, and in the back older hen

Based on this pic I'd say, duck, duck, drake, drake, drake, drake. I can't see the one in the back well enough. Hard to say for sure with the angles and above shots. By 2 months there will be a noticeable size difference and it will only get bigger as they age.

 

[hdowden]

the 2 whites and the one black and white in between them are all larger in body, legs, and feet. all the others are smaller (those 3 are 2 months and 3 days old) in that pic there is also the two 4 month olds and another 2 month old. the one in the very back is a 4 month old

the 3 older ones already had feathers coming in when i got them and i estimate that they were 3-4 weeks old which makes the 4-5 months of age.

 

[hdowden]

can someone please help with these i am a chicken person and not a good duck gender guesser yet. i need to sell 1-2 drakes but i need to be 100% sure that i do not sell any ducks as i really need them. if you agree with my gender guesses or dis agree please do post your opinion thank you

 

[Going Quackers]

It's hard with pics but i think your right as Jdywntr said the sizing WILL be noticeable, the drakes outsize ducks rather quickly after they hit that 2-3mth mark. Can you pick them up? with ducks they tend to be under the arm tuckable, whereas drakes are anything but...

This is a pic of two of my last summers hatch, the ducklet is the back, drakelet in the front, same age.. same clutch, aprox 4mths old.

 

[hdowden]

yea i can pick them up lol those 3 are defently larger then the rest. its hard to get good pics of them as they dont sit still long enough, took me an hour just to get those pics

food then water over and over again plus a 2 year old wanting to catch them so yea -_-