New at raising ducks

[DianeS1978]

HI I was giving 3 baby rouen ducklings. I am very attached to them all ready. They are 2 weeks old and only one is making a whistle noise. I have been doing a lot of reading on them. And 2 are way bigger then the other. I am really excited to find out if they are male or female. Could someone please let me know how to tell I am pretty sure I have to wait longer.

 

[Gray Farms]

Have to wait much longer, at least 6 months

 

[DianeS1978]

Ok thank you

 

[Ducks4us]

Ita usually quite obvious by voice around 3-4 months old.

 

[Ducks4us]

And with ours by 6-7 weeks the girls quacks were starting and they were much louder. The ones that kept peeping the longest ended up the males

 

[chickens really]

Yeah, they will generally start quacking at 7 to 8 weeks old......Hens Quack and Drakes sound like they lost their voice.....Raspy......The drake feathers will come in once they lose the first set of feathers at around 3 or 4 months old......


Cheers!

 

[DianeS1978]

Thank you everyone for your info it is very helpful. It's so awesome to watch them all 3 have different personalities. The biggest one is the talker,the middle one is the nosy one gets into everything and the smallest is just shy and very quiet.

 

[chickens really]

Thank you everyone for your info it is very helpful. It's so awesome to watch them all 3 have different personalities. The biggest one is the talker,the middle one is the nosy one gets into everything and the smallest is just shy and very quiet.

Just like feathered Puppies!..........


Cheers!

 

[Ducks4us]

Thank you everyone for your info it is very helpful. It's so awesome to watch them all 3 have different personalities. The biggest one is the talker,the middle one is the nosy one gets into everything and the smallest is just shy and very quiet.

Would love to see a picture of them

 

[DianeS1978]

[/IMG]the one that is standing alone is my talker the other 2 are my Explorer and shy one