Pekin Duckling

[Corinne23]

We just bough 4 Pekin ducklings. I was wondering how do we tell if they are make or female and also we have 2 khaki Campbells around a year old one male one female. When would we be able to introduce them to the Pekin ducklings?
Also do the Pekin ducklings get different care then the khaki’s?

 

[IvysAnimals]

You can introduce when they're older. There could be problems with them attacking or even killing the ducklings. Make sure for every 1 male you have, there 3-4 females so over mating doesn't happen, it can hurt or even kill them. They should be the same care but as babies, they need different care until they're fully grown. You can vent them but I HIGHLY suggest not doing it. You can wait it out and see them by their tails, laying eggs, behavior, Their voices when they older ( male has a whisper sound and a female is a loud quack ), and mating behaviors. Although, females can show dominance by being on top of the male or female, as males will distinctly try and fertilize a females egg. It can happen all ways, a male on male, female on male, male on female, female on female, it can get interesting with how a ducks behavior can cause them to act a certain and odd way.

 

[BelovedBirds]

We just bough 4 Pekin ducklings. I was wondering how do we tell if they are make or female and also we have 2 khaki Campbells around a year old one male one female. When would we be able to introduce them to the Pekin ducklings?
Also do the Pekin ducklings get different care then the khaki’s?

At 6-8 weeks they will start making duck sounds! From there you be be able to identify, girls quack, boys rasp.
At 12-15 weeks the boys will get a curly drake feather on their tail.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Be sure to supplement your duckling feed with some NutritionalYeast 1 tablespoon to 1 cup of feed until 10-12 weeks old this is very important for leg strength. Congrats on your new babies

 

[ruthhope]

On the ducky voices, some pekins are contrary. My son had 3 ducklings he raised from a few days old [Tractor Supply Co ducklings.] One, a crested, is a very noisy little duck. She is cute, she knows it She wants everyone else to know it. The other two were physically very similar through to 4 months old and silent. But we knew one was a drake as he developed a drake feather by 10 weeks old. The other is female, but she obviously had no need to make a noise as the very noisy little crested made enough noise for them all. The second female didn't start making a noise -- but when she did it was loud! -- until she was a year old. She now alarms very loudly when she sees a feral rooster that hangs around my son's garden.

In contrast, my male pekins chatter away all day and get very very noisy when they are excited -- when they see me. Their chattering away is very different from female pekin quacking and easily identifiable when you have heard it once. But don't go by volume alone: my pekin drakes are very loud when excited. And don't assume a silent duck is a drake!! Females when they quack, quack loudly. But they don't all find their voice early

 

[Corinne23]

On the ducky voices, some pekins are contrary. My son had 3 ducklings he raised from a few days old [Tractor Supply Co ducklings.] One, a crested, is a very noisy little duck. She is cute, she knows it She wants everyone else to know it. The other two were physically very similar through to 4 months old and silent. But we knew one was a drake as he developed a drake feather by 10 weeks old. The other is female, but she obviously had no need to make a noise as the very noisy little crested made enough noise for them all. The second female didn't start making a noise -- but when she did it was loud! -- until she was a year old. She now alarms very loudly when she sees a feral rooster that hangs around my son's garden.

In contrast, my male pekins chatter away all day and get very very noisy when they are excited -- when they see me. Their chattering away is very different from female pekin quacking and easily identifiable when you have heard it once. But don't go by volume alone: my pekin drakes are very loud when excited. And don't assume a silent duck is a drake!! Females when they quack, quack loudly. But they don't all find their voice early

Some of them have found their voices we are unsure about 3 of them their quack is changing but the bigger 1 is definitely a male. 1 won’t make a noise at all the other 2 are very chatty but one day they sound horse the next they don’t.