Sexing guesses and dominance vs play

[Saigey]

Also, if they're all drakes, I'm going to be so sad. Downey deserves a mate, and if I have 3 drakes I can't exactly trade them in and try again next year and buy more.

 

[ibarbidahl]

A female call duck will quack so loud it will hurt your ears, and it's a most definitive QUACK.

I can't hear the video(work) but this is why I say drakes:

The above photo is hens. See the striped tail coverts? Your 3 all have a lace pattern. It is indicative of male. Now- there is an odd female with lace and the odd male with stripes, but typically this is the easiest way to tell. It also follows through with the wing coverts as they get older- you can also see that in the above photo.

 

[Saigey]

A female call duck will quack so loud it will hurt your ears, and it's a most definitive QUACK.

I can't hear the video(work) but this is why I say drakes:
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The above photo is hens. See the striped tail coverts? Your 3 all have a lace pattern. It is indicative of male. Now- there is an odd female with lace and the odd male with stripes, but typically this is the easiest way to tell. It also follows through with the wing coverts as they get older- you can also see that in the above photo.

Downey is definitely my sweet little drake. The calls are only 5 weeks, but I may indeed have the odd duck (appropriate, it's one of my nicknames ) because lately when they quack it sounds like a car alarm. I'll try to grab a video later!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Downey is definitely my sweet little drake. The calls are only 5 weeks, but I may indeed have the odd duck (appropriate, it's one of my nicknames ) because lately when they quack it sounds like a car alarm. I'll try to grab a video later!

They will have a difinitive difference in voice.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’m going to follow along on this one and let the experts of the breed give info. They are all gorgeous! I will say that.

 

[Saigey]

The Quack

 

[shawluvsbirds]

The Quack

Yep. That's a quacker girl!

 

[Saigey]

Yep. That's a quacker girl!

yaaaaaaaaaaaay! They both quack like that. Downey is going to be so happy!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

yaaaaaaaaaaaay! They both quack like that. Downey is going to be so happy!

That's a girl fo sho if it quacks like that.

 

[Saigey]

That's a girl fo sho if it quacks like that.

Loud enough to scare me to death if I'm not expecting it!