Muscovy Male or female?!?

[CaliFarmsAR]

Hello y’all! Hope everyone is doing good!
I have a bit of a problem and can’t tell if this Muscovy is a drake or hen! I’ve almost had Muscovies for a year and he or she is my first hatch!! Thanks for any advice!!

 

[GranderTheGander]

I vote girl.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I vote girl.

Awesome thanks!!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I vote girl.

He or she will be 4 months old soon.

 

[GranderTheGander]

Even though Muscovy ducks grow slower than mallard derived ducks, at four months, I do believe the legs would be much longer, the head and body bigger if it was a drake. It just has to be a girl!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Even though Muscovy ducks grow slower than mallard derived ducks, at four months, I do believe the legs would be much longer, the head and body bigger if it was a drake. It just has to be a girl!

Ok!! Yay!! Thank you so much!! Except...I thought it was a male, so I entered her in fair as a he...oops!!!

 

[GranderTheGander]

She's not going to do well as a male at the fair. I once read the males who win prizes at fairs have a lot of caruncles.

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[CaliFarmsAR]

She's not going to do well as a male at the fair. I once read the males who win prizes at fairs have a lot of caruncles.

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Yeah lol!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

The legs on a muscovy male are thick and short not long like a mallard derived duck. The body is long.
What type of sounds is your muscovy making?

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

The legs on a muscovy male are thick and short not long like a mallard derived duck. The body is long.
What type of sounds is your muscovy making?

None really. Sometimes kinda sounds like my females.