What gender are my welsh harlequin?

[Quackstiel]

Is the pool not enough? I change it almost every day the water is pretty much just to get them through the night

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

Please note that water is not deep enough to dip their heads and clear their nostrils... do you have another for them?

RK and others are KNOWN for having breed and gender mix ups.

They were pictured swimming in a pool....isn't that enough?

 

[Quackstiel]

Holy cow, I had to scroll for like a half hour to get to the bottom of the page.

The light one appears as though it will be female.

The dark one is not a Harlequin.. and agree it appears to be a black Swedish male... starting to get some nice green on his head.

As they grow the female will remain a loud quack and the male voice will become more of a soft raspiness. Eventually he will get a cute little curl on his tail.

Sorry about that I've never done pictures before and I didn't realize if I double clicked it would show twice

 

[BlackHackle]

How early (if you know) do ducks get their two curly “drake feathers”? Because I don’t see any on the black one.

I am using the SOP and judging it by the sheen and coloration common for males in black duck breeds.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Is the pool not enough? I change it almost every day the water is pretty much just to get them through the night

Sorry, yes that is plenty... I think my head was swimming from all those beautiful pics!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

How early (if you know) do ducks get their two curly “drake feathers”? Because I don’t see any on the black one.

Much later than I would have thought! Mine had a LOT of color in before the curly tail appeared... and the voice change took place WAY before that.