Pictures of my babies!! Picture overload...

[Tevyes Dad]

Thanks for the photos

 

[Jessica89]

Awwww! Too cute.

I can't wait to hatch my ducklings!!

 

[suzy4027]

So sorry to butt in but I need help with sexing out ambiguous duck bill. I don't care if I have two females or one of each, just wanted to mentally identify them for their gender. I'm in the fence with my guess since I've seen pics of other ducklings with similar bills identified as female. Just wondering what more educated opinions were.

This is Tater.

This is Tater and Tot. Easy to see that Tot is a female. The rest of the ducklings they were with had much darker bills with no trace of pink. I went with the "next lightest" of the the bills for the second one.

 

[suzy4027]

*our ambiguous duck bill
*on the fence!
You'd think that with a preview button, I would at least proofread... Lol

 

[needlessjunk]

So sorry to butt in but I need help with sexing out ambiguous duck bill. I don't care if I have two females or one of each, just wanted to mentally identify them for their gender. I'm in the fence with my guess since I've seen pics of other ducklings with similar bills identified as female. Just wondering what more educated opinions were.

This is Tater.

This is Tater and Tot. Easy to see that Tot is a female. The rest of the ducklings they were with had much darker bills with no trace of pink. I went with the "next lightest" of the the bills for the second one.

Bill color is only an accurate way to tell gender in Welsh Harlequins when they hatch. After a couple of days it already has changed color. They are super cutie!

 

[suzy4027]

I thought they were WH's? We didn't order them from a breeder so I know we took our chances, but they looked exactly like the WH duckling pics I poured through.

 

[suzy4027]

I forgot to include that they were hatched on a Sunday before we got them Thursday. Their bills still look the same today.

 

[needlessjunk]

I forgot to include that they were hatched on a Sunday before we got them Thursday. Their bills still look the same today.

they are welsh harlequins but I believe bill color sexing is only accurate the first 2 days. Let me see if can find some info.

 

[needlessjunk]

http://www.holderreadfarm.com/photogallery/welsh_page/welsh_page.htm

"Although not always as distinct as it is in this pair, day-old Harlequin males often have darker bills (left duckling) than the females (right duckling). The bill color difference usually last only 2 or 3 days after hatching."

 

[suzy4027]

Hence my confusion. Of course, it's all a moot point anyway! I'm just a control freak with absolutely no patience, that has to "have all their ducks in a row." Heh heh. Time will tell. And as the muggles say, "The truth will out! Yes?"