Need help sexing Welsh Harlequin

[BigMaggot]

Greetings fellas, first time duck owner here. I have an 8 1/2 week old Welsh harlequin. I got them when they were 2 days old, and was told they were a male, but I’m sort of conflicted because I read that you can determine the sex by bill colour when they’re young, and they had a female bill. I also heard that you can tell when they’re 5-8 weeks by their voice, but again I’m not really sure because I can’t compare voices.
Over the weeks I have noticed that their head darkened and legs turned a bit more orange though.

Here’s a photo from today:

And here’s a photo from when they were 2 days old:

Thanks! Btw I don’t care about the gender, I just want to know for sure.

 

[chickens really]

That's a Drake definitely...

 

[Gray Farms]

Drake, hens will not get the dark head.

 

[DiYMama540]

Greetings fellas, first time duck owner here. I have an 8 1/2 week old Welsh harlequin. I got them when they were 2 days old, and was told they were a male, but I’m sort of conflicted because I read that you can determine the sex by bill colour when they’re young, and they had a female bill. I also heard that you can tell when they’re 5-8 weeks by their voice, but again I’m not really sure because I can’t compare voices.
Over the weeks I have noticed that their head darkened and legs turned a bit more orange though.

Here’s a photo from today:View attachment 1902568

And here’s a photo from when they were 2 days old:View attachment 1902573

Thanks! Btw I don’t care about the gender, I just want to know for sure.

Beautiful duck!! My guess would be female...only because I'm not seeing a curly tail feather. Voice sexing is much more accurate though. Girls are pretty loud with their quacks. There are several YouTube videos that demonstrate the difference really well.

 

[BigMaggot]

Thank you guys for the information! I will for now assume that he’s a guy but I’ll also try voice sexing.

 

[ibarbidahl]

11 days later... got a quack yet?

 

[BigMaggot]

I’ve listened to a few different audios of ducks quacking and I think he’s leaning more on the male side.