Duckling sex

[HamsHen50]

What sex do you think these ducklings are, I will find out how old they are soon. One is a white khaki Campbell I believe, one is a Harlequin and one is a Cayuga mix, they are all mix breed. The all white one is quacking so I’m pretty sure it’s a girl, the other two I haven’t heard anything from. Any ideas?

 

[HamsHen50]

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[JedJackson]

At this stage it is probably a bit too early for the voice test, but when they do start quaking I would use that method. There are many videos on Youtube that demonstrate the difference with live animals. All you have to do is use the search engine to find what you want.

If you really, really want to know now, you could send in feather samples to a lab for quick results. But this costs money.

 

[HamsHen50]

Thanks for the reply. I know about the voice sexing and have done it before. I was just wondering if you could tell off of the feather at this stage, or maybe their size. Or maybe even eye colour.

 

[JedJackson]

Thanks for the reply. I know about the voice sexing and have done it before. I was just wondering if you could tell off of the feather at this stage, or maybe their size. Or maybe even eye colour.

In pure breeds, you can sometimes tell by the color of the bills, but I don't think it will work in this case. Same with size-- if they were all the same breed, then it might be a good indicator, but not with different mixes.

The feather are in the juvenile stage, so they are all going to look like females in that respect. Later on, males develop breeding plumage in certain color varieties, and of course there are the curly tail feather only males have. But way too early for that now.