girls or boys? pekin ducks.

[johari]

Here are my Pekin ducks. Are they male or female? They're about two months old.

 

[sjohns20680]

I can't tell from this picture, but males will have like a little curl at the end of their tail. See the picture I provided...

The female will have no curl.

 

[johari]

None of them have a curl, and all of then have a pretty loud quack. I'm going they are all female. But maybe they're too young to really tell.

 

[sjohns20680]

Loud usually means female! Just watch for the curl, best way to tell with Pekin's for a beginner like myself anyway. I have 4 Pekin, 5 Calls, 6 Muscovy, 3 Blue Swed, 1 runner, and 2 that are crosses of something. We just started incubating and hatching eggs too so currently I have 7 ducklings under a week old. I only know what one is for sure and that was a Call duck that hatched last night! Love the ducks!

 

[ducklover87]

Pekins are one of the loudest breeds at least in my opinion. Girls will have a definite loud quack while the boys kinda sound like they have a sore throat. The curl is a great way to sex them too.

 

[flockman]

Loud is a good clue.

 

[Jewelj76]

We have 3 pekins, and I read every different opinion on how to sex them. They were just young ducklings when we bought at our farm store, so it took a while. The best, and first, clue that proved to be 100% correct, was their quack, which was apparent long before the tail curl. Females have a definite, loud quack, and the males have more of a "chatter" sound. It does sound like you might have females. You'll know for sure when they start laying....lol!