Duckling isn't quacking

[hendrix25]

Last night when I was holding all three of my babies, Racer (boy I think) keep going through the motion of quacking, but nothing was coming out. Is that normal? I honestly don't know whether or not he has actually made a noise. He would open and close his mouth as though he was quacking, and he had his head extended while he was doing this.

Any thoughts?

 

[JessaLynn]

Drake's don't actually quak for awhile (not sure when?) girls quak way before the boys.He'll just squeak.Just my experience

 

[barnwife]

Maybe he has no voice?

In my experience, the boys have a hoarsew whispery voice, the females have a completely obnoxiously loud I-cant-think-when-I'm-cleaning-their-pen type of quack.

They develop their voices at approximatrely the same age range (8-12 weeks ish)...but I always hold out that the quiet ones will get loud quickly...although it has not yet happened lol.

 

[DuckLady]

He may have been just yawning. I love how they do that.

 

[conny63malies]

What breed is he? Not all ducks quack.

 

[Ducklove334]

A DUCKLING will not "quack", until 4-10 weeks old, and even then if it QUACKS it's a girl, Drakes will peep until they get their voices, and then it's just a whispery very quiet quack.

 

[FisherMOM]

sounds to me like he is doing what my chickens do when they need a drink and their crop. I read somewhere that they do that "motion" trying to move their crop along...or something like that. To me, that always meant they needed to drink more.

I used to call it silent crowing. But now I know that is not what it is.

just a thought.

 

[hendrix25]

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That was kinda what I was thinking...just thirsty.

When I said he doesn't quack, basically I meant he doesn't make noises. His, "sister" is rather loud on the other hand. I guess I was comparing him to her when it comes to noises. I'm not complaining that he's mellow, just making sure he's okay.

He is a Black Cayuga and he's 4 weeks old.