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[casportpony]

This picture has black and chocolates and some barred of both



-Kathy

 

[LaurelC]

I could use some help identifying males vs females! I'm still not entirely sure who is who. I have 5 of them, 2 of them are a couple weeks older than the other 3. Of the 3 younger ones, one is much larger than the other 2, so I am assuming it's a male, but once again, not sure. All of them are still peeping a little.


All of my photos suck, but hopefully some of these are helpful.

Here are the 2 big ducks.









And a group shot. I'm pretty sure the one in the foreground is the male, it's appreciably larger than the other 2.



Besides size and noises, is there anything else I should look out for?

 

[Fuzzybird]

Chocolates look brown or a buff dirt color

Ok I will keep my eyes out for any of that color.

 

[MuscovyLover]

I could use some help identifying males vs females! I'm still not entirely sure who is who. I have 5 of them, 2 of them are a couple weeks older than the other 3. Of the 3 younger ones, one is much larger than the other 2, so I am assuming it's a male, but once again, not sure. All of them are still peeping a little. All of my photos suck, but hopefully some of these are helpful. Here are the 2 big ducks. And a group shot. I'm pretty sure the one in the foreground is the male, it's appreciably larger than the other 2. Besides size and noises, is there anything else I should look out for?

Besides size and noise I'd be looking at leg and feet size. Boys legs are like tree trunks with giant feet compared to girls. And girls feet seem to me to be set closer together. It looks sometimes like they might trip over thier own feet. Shape can be an indicator too. As in from a sidelong view, gals have an almost football shape. Also, I'm not sure if anybody else finds this helpful but my males always seem to have shorter wings than females if looking at them from the side. It's kind of a blessing and a hindrance that you have varied ages which makes comparison difficult. If you factor in all of those things and what others suggest, you should be able to tell the sexes of these beautiful bubbas in no time

 

[tsaenz]

how do you post video here

 

[TherryChicken]

I have another outbrake of uri.. in my new and healthy flock of pullets, which were put in a coop where health5 birds were..now they are sick. My ducks are right with them, do I have to get rid of them too??

 

[breeyanah]

Someone please help I post and no one replies, Has anyone had any experience with DHV?? I have two ducklings and im trying to save them but i need advice......... its an emergency.

 

[TherryChicken]

Im sorry no, idk what it is.

 

[TherryChicken]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_hepatitis_virus im sorry doesnt look like there is anything you can do

 

[breeyanah]

Thankyou one jst died.. I just feel so helpless..