Tips on sexing 8 week old Muscovy ducklings!

[CaliFarmsAR]

I’m looking in to getting a female Muscovy for my male I just got. I just have to many drakes and can’t end up with another one! So if y’all know of any tips please share!

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I take back what I originally said I did not see the Muscovy part!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Listening for the quack is about all you can do at 8 weeks and it still might be hard as normally around 10 weeks is when they really start to develop the tone differences. If it quacks/sounds honky it's a female if it's raspy and sounds like prince charming got turned into a frog then it's a Drake.

Lol! Thank you!

 

[Gray Farms]

Listening for the quack is about all you can do at 8 weeks and it still might be hard as normally around 10 weeks is when they really start to develop the tone differences. If it quacks/sounds honky it's a female if it's raspy and sounds like prince charming got turned into a frog then it's a Drake.

Muscovys don't quack.

 

[Gray Farms]

In two more weeks look at the ducklings preferably from over top of them. Males are noticeably larger than their sisters at 10 weeks.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

In two more weeks look at the ducklings preferably from over top of them. Males are noticeably larger than their sisters at 10 weeks.

Okay! Is my Muscovy a male? Someone one BYC said it looks like a female. Do Muscovy Duck eat a lot? Do they usually free range?

 

[Gray Farms]

Okay! Is my Muscovy a male? Someone one BYC said it looks like a female. Do Muscovy Duck eat a lot? Do they usually free range? View attachment 2329070View attachment 2329071

Looks like an adult female to me. Free ranging will cut down on their feed some. But Muscovys can wander quite a ways and fly very well. Mine are penned and will eat everything you put in front of them.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Muscovys don't quack.

You are correct I didn't see the Muscovy part. That is my bad!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Looks like an adult female to me. Free ranging will cut down on their feed some. But Muscovys can wander quite a ways and fly very well. Mine are penned and will eat everything you put in front of them.

He or she was hatched this year. They had some females were I got him and he was a lot bigger then them!

 

[Gray Farms]

He or she was hatched this year. They had some females were I got him and he was a lot bigger then them!

How old is duck pictured then? How many weeks?