swedish males

[stumble_n_mumble]

anyone elses opinion???!!!

 

[L0rraine]

Was there ever any input on his quack? - which seems like a significant tell-tale sign for most of mine - though I do have a Runner, who is definitely a drake, who quacks like a girl. He always worries when everyone forages too far from the pen and starts quacking hysterically trying to get everyone to come back. And they mostly just ignore him, so he eventually joins them, but he can't do much foraging on his own because he's sooo busy looking up at the sky - commendable in many ways, but it also makes him a bit non-functional, he worries so much he doesn't eat enough and I'm not convinced he's very successful at breeding either. I think he's sweet though.

Boy can I wander off topic quickly.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

i have a female and i know how loud she is. his is a sometimes just as loud when he gets excited but its raspier but still loud so im not really sure.

 

[L0rraine]

Funny how there are some the voice is hard to tell on. If my drake didn't have spectacular male saxony coloring and a very curly little tail I'd be convinced he was a she.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

lol i mean i have caught "Him" mounting the female.... but i have also caught the female mounting the male. lol

 

[newchickmom09]

OK I am going to be the odd ball and say he really looks like a her to me.

The body looks just like my Cocoa..with the "saggy belly" and everything.
Cocoa is just brown

Could be wrong since I am new to ducks..I am only 27 weeks into owning my first ducks and learning about ducks.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

the only differences i can tell are that my "girl" has more bright orange and has a colored bill

 

[newchickmom09]

Cocoa's bill has lighter spots on it you just can't tell in the photo. They are mainly on the tip and close to her head.

 

[One Acre Wonder Farm]

I'll say girl. My girls have dark bills, some mottled with a little olive green like this duck, but my drakes bills are nearly completely uninterrupted olive green (almost yellowish-olive).

eta: if it is a girl you'll soon have eggs as proof!

I think the voice will be the best way to tell for this particular duck.

 

[veronicasmom]

That duck looks a lot like a Swede that we had and she was a female. And LOUD.