Not sure what sexes are my ducks.

[Lrosell31]

This is my first time having ducks. I got them this March. And now what I thought was females I’m thinking maybe they are males. Some of them are starting to mount each other. They have all been raised together. So they are all buddies. Can someone give me some ideas on how to tell which ones are females and males please. I’m hoping To get some duck eggs in the near future.

 

[TheGoldenGirlz]

Pictures?

 

[Lrosell31]

 

[redranger209]

Green heads are males.

 

[Lrosell31]

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Sorry it’s kind of hard getting good pictures of them

 

[redranger209]

Everybody that’s mounts is a male, the ones that get mounted are female.

 

[Lrosell31]

Everybody that’s mounts is a male, the ones that get mounted are female.

That’s what I was wondering if only the males mount.

 

[redranger209]

Yep, only the males mount.

 

[TheGoldenGirlz]

Ones with a curled tail feather are drakes

 

[sourland]

Everybody that’s mounts is a male, the ones that get mounted are female.

Not really. Hens will frequently mount hens, and drakes will mount drakes if there are no hens in the flock. You have several drakes - for sure the green headed individuals, but several others also appear to be drakes. Hens 'quack' and drakes have a coarser whispery sort of voice.