What gender are my Khaki Campbells?

[knollar]

Hey guys,
Only recently got into the 'duck-scene', as my girlfriend bought me two khaki-campbells for my birthday. As you can tell from the pictures, I modified an old dog run into a pretty good duck pen. Anyway - I am basically looking to confirm the gender of each duck - I am pretty sure the one with the white feathers on his tail (Stan) is a male, whereas the other one (Wendy) is a female, at least, that is what I have been told.

Any confirmation would be great!



Wendy is on the left, Stan on the right.

If I need to get more photos, please let me know


Also, it is worth noting that Wendy seems 'bolder' - she comes and eats out of my hand and bites my fingers, whereas Stan stays at the back.

 

[hanjj033]

There are two ways to tell male from female with ducks. Females at about 1-2 months will start quacking quite loudly, whereas males will have a quieter raspy quack. Males will also get whats called "sex feathers" which are super curly feathers on their tails. With Kahki Campbells, the males generally have a darker head, but you cant always go by that alone.

 

[knollar]

That's what I heard - this is what the male sounds like when quacking:

Thank you for the help - let me know what you gather from that video - soudns female to me :/

 

[Bill6470]

 

[hanjj033]

Hmm, its really hard to tell from just that one quack in the video!
Here is a pretty good video (its not mine). The first one is a male and the second one is a female. You can hear the males "quack" is deeper in sound.

How old are the ducks? You can be 100% sure of a male if he grows his sex feathers, probably around 2-3 months of age.

 

[hanjj033]

Your duck run looks amazing by the way!

 

[knollar]

Thanks again for the help, I will put up another link if I can with more sounds.

I think they are around that age - 2/3 months - but I am not entirely sure. Stan the supposed male often wags his tail, but I haven't noticed the 'sex feathers' just yet - there is a tiny little bend upwards at his tail, hopefully that means he is a boy!

Thank you! They love it

 

[ryanhodapp]

What do you think of mine? 4,weeks old

 

[ryanhodapp]

Btw, welcome to BYC. This is my first year ro have a duck.

 

[hanjj033]

What type of duck have you got? Some pure breeds may start quacking at 1 month, other will take a little longer.