My Drake just laid an egg

[fatty and friends]

His bill is different, the males in this breed have the green and black and females have slate color.

bill color actually isn’t a good way to tell their gender! i had a girl with a bright green beak, one of my boys has a grey beak with freckles, and one of my girls used to have a bit of green on her feathers

 

[Waddles and Dawdles Mom]

bill color actually isn’t a good way to tell their gender! i had a girl with a bright green beak, one of my boys has a grey beak with freckles, and one of my girls used to have a bit of green on her feathers

What is best way to tell? Waddles bill used to be green then when she started laying it went slate color. I'm going to take them to the vet in January as Waddles needs blood work to make sure infection is gone and Dawdles to find out what sex he/she really is!! lol

 

[Isadora]

What is best way to tell? Waddles bill used to be green then when she started laying it went slate color. I'm going to take them to the vet in January as Waddles needs blood work to make sure infection is gone and Dawdles to find out what sex he/she really is!! lol

If the Drake has no curled Drake feather, their quack is a pretty easy way to tell male from female.
Females have the typical duck quack sound like you would hear in a movie and Drakes have a quieter raspy quacking noise.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

Definitely by quack, or lack there of, my drake and others make a “muuurp” sound not dissimilar from a bull frog

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

My drake Winston is the big one in the middle here, you cant hear him, just the girls, I’ll try to get a video of him tonight, the others are so loud it can be hard to hear

 

[fatty and friends]

What is best way to tell? Waddles bill used to be green then when she started laying it went slate color. I'm going to take them to the vet in January as Waddles needs blood work to make sure infection is gone and Dawdles to find out what sex he/she really is!! lol

voice is the best way to tell, drakes also don’t always have curls and sometimes hens will get curls too

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

This is what a drake sounds like

 

[Waddles and Dawdles Mom]

If the Drake has no curled Drake feather, their quack is a pretty easy way to tell male from female.
Females have the typical duck quack sound like you would hear in a movie and Drakes have a quieter raspy quacking noise.

Ok, thanks I'll check it out. I'd be happy with 2 hens don't have to separate in spring.

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

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That's him in the pool and I saw her lay both eggs multiple times.

None of them have a curled feather in pic. Does one them in person that would be the male

 

[Waddles and Dawdles Mom]

This is what a drake sounds like

Thank you for posting!! Dawdles is louder than that for sure. whew!!!