Pekins!!!

[fishnet1971]

 

[DuckLover179]

Waddles and Puddles as babies:

Waddles and Puddles as adults:

 

[LunarRayne]

I have a question. My pekin ducks (I have 2) are not very old (like 3 weeks) and they have different color bills. My husband is positive the one with the more orangey color is a male. I would just like to know if anyone has any knowledge of this being a gender identifier. Also the one with the orangey bill is turning white slower that the other one. It only looks white when it is wet. The lighter billed one is obviously white from the tail to about mid back.

Thanks!

 

[DuckiesAndBees]

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Could you just have a light buff duck?

Just an idea...

 

[davekrista]

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I have 4 pekins and ALL have very orange bills, so i don't think its gender related. I have 3 girls and a drake

 

[LunarRayne]

I don't have a clue. My husband has raised ducks before of all kinds (mostly wild rescues... He like saving the poor hurt animals!) His friend had Pekins and is basing his knowledge off that. This duck does make a softer more gurggly sound than the other one. I assumed it had to do with the fact it almost drowned a week ago, but some places are saying the quiet ducks can be males

... I hate that these are so hard to sex. I really would like to have a breeding pair. Chicken Math is starting to take its toll on me,

 

[DuckLover179]

On pekins, bill color has nothing to do with sexing them. Waddles has a pink bill, Puddles has an orange, they are still both girls. You'll just have to sex by the quack, or tail feather.

 

[aduckstolemyheart]

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Awww!!! I bet that would have been a GREAT photo op. Calender material.

 

[tomingreeneco]

The females bills will lighten in color when they start laying eggs. In the winter if they stop laying their bills will get a darker orange, but lighten up as soon as they start laying again in the spring.

 

[joawesome]

this is fifi my crested Peking