sexing month old mallards.

[maoreme]

i have moth old mallards, and i want to know how to sex them.

 

[flnatv]

You can do okay with voice...
The low pitch are usually males and the high (earpiercing) pitch are the females...

 

[maoreme]

they dont really make any sounds they only make when i pick them up

 

[flnatv]

oh my... all 4 of my ducks are LOUD!!!!

If you pick one up do the others quack?

The lady I got mine from showed me how to vent sex and compared them to the quacks... she was always right on...
Wish I could help more...

 

[maoreme]

sometimes the other one quacks

 

[ericdc]

look at their bills. The drakeswill usually be a darker greenish with the hens starting to get some orange. Also, the drakes heads will usually be darker.

got any relatively close pictures of your ducks?

 

[ericdc]

front duck = drake

back duck =hen

these are probably close to a month old

 

[desertdarlene]

At a month old, it may be a little harder to tell as many still peep and have dark bills. Usually at around 6 or 7 weeks, you'll see a voice and bill color change. But, I did notice that the female ducklings were extremely loud peepers at a month old.

 

[maoreme]

one of my ducklings bills looks a little like the one of the drake and the other duckling looks a little like the female.

 

[maoreme]

and one of them is starting to form a white ring on its neck