Saxony duck questions

[abigaillorine]

I have a month old saxony duck that is acting very protective of a younger 2 week old saxony duckling. The circumstances are that the older one was the sole survivor of a snake incident and it is a lot bigger than the replacement duckling. Anyway, I do not know if the larger duck is male or female. My question is, do drakes behave that way, sort of tending to a duckling, protecting it, nipping at it, cuddling with it, or is that hen behavior?

 

[SilverBirds]

I don't think the behavior says much about the gender. At around a month and a half old you can start to sex ducks by their voice. Females are talkative and make the distinctive quack quack sound. Males on the other hand are quiet and have a low raspy voice. You can watch videos on duck voices to try and familiarize yourself with their sounds. Feel free to post some videos if you want help determining gender.

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[KathiQuacks]

Agreed, I wouldn’t rely on behavior to determine gender right now. If you’d like, you can upload a video of the month old’s voice to YouTube, link it here, and we’ll voice-sex them for you