WH Drake or duck???

[Greystone farm]

On the head?

Here a good article on how to tell the gender of WH ducklings:
https://saltinmycoffee.com/how-to-sex-welsh-harlequin-ducklings/

Thanks
It’s so hard because Charlie has shown signs of both sexes

 

[DucksAreBest]

But she looks kinda like a male because of her darker chest feathers. Are you sure that the duckling on the picture is the same duck? How old is it?

 

[Greystone farm]

But she looks kinda like a male because of her darker chest feathers. Are you sure that the duckling on the picture is the same duck? How old is it?

100% sure it’s the same duck. She/he is 6 weeks old now.

 

[fatty and friends]

But that means I’d have 5 ducks and 2 drakes is that ratio okay? One female is blind so she’d be living somewhere separate from the others so 4 to 2 really. I don’t want them to fight

all depends on the drakes but yes they could be perfectly happy. i keep my 2 hens with 1 drake and they are all happy together, and i know people who keep a 1:1 ratio with up to 6 ducks and it works perfect

 

[Greystone farm]

all depends on the drakes but yes they could be perfectly happy. i keep my 2 hens with 1 drake and they are all happy together, and i know people who keep a 1:1 ratio with up to 6 ducks and it works perfect

Maybe I’ll see if they get along. I hope they do

 

[ibarbidahl]

Male based on the tail base pattern. You can't tell by bill because WH don't have orange bills.

 

[Greystone farm]

Male based on the tail base pattern. You can't tell by bill because WH don't have orange bills.

Thank you

 

[Abida]

Hey everyone!
My Welsh Harlequin duckling Charlie is six weeks old. I bought her as a sexed female, but now I’m not so sure if ‘she’ is actually a drake.
First off, her beak never turned purplish black like my other duckling (who I’m positive is a female) did. It’s a lightish pink with a black tip and speckles in the centre, just like when I bought her as a day oldIt isn’t at all olive colored like a drake either.
Next, her voice never changed. While my other duckling’s voices became more like quacks, Charlie’s stayed the same…but it still sounds too loud to be a male. It’s like a loud, sort of deep chirp but not a quack. It can be raspy when she’s stressed.
And finally, her head feathering is different. My other WH has a light brown head but as Charlie’s feathers come in, I can see hers is a greyish black color.
I’ve attached a photo. I hope Charlie is a female because I already have a drake and can’t keep two
Thanks in advance
ALSO I know his/her face is a little bloated…it’s from a sinus blockage or infection that she/he has been struggling to overcome for a few weeks.

It's a drake..

 

[DucksAreBest]

Do you have any new pics of her?