Sexing Muscovy ducklings WITHOUT VENT METHOD

[purplesquirrel]

Aaah

 

[redmonsmith]

You replied to me in another post so I thought I would post it here. Here's face pics and legs.

Please help!

 

[purplesquirrel]

Top photo looks like a boy.
Is it possible you could send another profile for the second one? As it's a funny angle and I ned to see he sloping of the forehead a bit better

 

[redmonsmith]

 

[purplesquirrel]

Mmmm this one looks a bit more feminine. What about eating habits? Who seems more greedy? Who gets to the food first? When they walk around, is one normally in front?

 

[Going Quackers]

Mmmm this one looks a bit more feminine. What about eating habits? Who seems more greedy? Who gets to the food first? When they walk around, is one normally in front?

none of those will indicate a boy vs a girl lol i have girls here who bully their brothers .... it's all size, big feet, body, legs etc... it's hard if you don't have others to compare too. The males have a look, chunky, solid ... they don't look girly often. Most females do, with the exception i find of the brown(chocolate) till older they need their feathers to look more girly.

This is a young female.... they tend to feather in faster, especially on the wings.



another two, chocolate duck, white drake.



Pictures mess with perspective so it's hard online but usually by 4+wks you start to see drake explode with growth while females fall behind(they aren't they just don't get as big)





That is two more pics to see the same pair as they grew now it's more evident with the last two pics who is who...

 

[redmonsmith]

It's interesting to me because one of mine is a lot bigger than the other. It has been since about week 2. I suspect they're older than I think by about a week. Do they feather a lot at 1 month?

 

[redmonsmith]

Here's updated pictures.

 

[Double Kindness]

Maybe you guys can help me? I'm new to muscovy ducks and I have 10, but can only keep 4-5 over the winter.




I seem to be having problems uploading picts from my phone. I will go take my tablet out to take picts, but I posted a bunch of pictures of my scovies on the show your muscovy ducks thread on byc on the current last page. Thanks!!

Post 10586 on the muscovy keepers show your picts thread.

 

[Double Kindness]

I took some more pictures, I tried to edit my previous post to add pictures, but I don't seem to be able to do that

it seems I can only upload these 2 pictures atm.