Sunshineliz
In the Brooder
- Jun 5, 2021
- 32
- 49
- 46
I've got 3 ducks, a Pekin and two mallards. They're nearly 8 weeks old so I SHOULD be able to voice sex, right? But I have no idea if the mallards are boys or girls.
The Pekin is very obviously a girl. She started honking (my husband thought I'd accidentally got a goose!) and then quacking around 3-4 weeks.
The mallards still sounds like peeping to me... they're softer, but they don't sound like adult males. Occasionally a squeaking noise but they're generally quieter. They both have a green sheen to their heads but one also had a green sheen on the tail feathers and the other doesn't.
I've had ducks before but that was 20 years ago and I had runners, a rouen, and a Pekin. Do mallards take longer to figure out by voice? Are these late bloomers or am I just sucking at sexing them?
The video has the very obvious female being quite chatty, and only one mallard talking. The other one sounds similar but "squeaks" more often.
When will I hear a definitive male or female quack?
The Pekin is very obviously a girl. She started honking (my husband thought I'd accidentally got a goose!) and then quacking around 3-4 weeks.
The mallards still sounds like peeping to me... they're softer, but they don't sound like adult males. Occasionally a squeaking noise but they're generally quieter. They both have a green sheen to their heads but one also had a green sheen on the tail feathers and the other doesn't.
I've had ducks before but that was 20 years ago and I had runners, a rouen, and a Pekin. Do mallards take longer to figure out by voice? Are these late bloomers or am I just sucking at sexing them?
The video has the very obvious female being quite chatty, and only one mallard talking. The other one sounds similar but "squeaks" more often.
When will I hear a definitive male or female quack?