Duckling voice difference?

[marybowman]

I have read so much about duckling gender and most things say you can't tell a difference in baby peeps but some say you can. What do you think about what this video says? Agree or not?

My pekin ducklings are 3 weeks old so I'm hoping the ducks start to quack soon. When have you started to hear a change with your pekins?

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Male ducks do not quack,they make more of a Whap sound.The females do quack.But,I have heard males make a small quacking sound when they are young,but it eventually translates to the whap.The females begin quacking around 4 months maybe.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Also another I indicated my male ducks was male was when I would take the other duck (who was a female) away,he would call for here and chase me,and he was only a few months old.

 

[Duck Drover]

I have been able to tell the difference as long as I have both sexes to compare the two and when I first listened to the pitch differences I got it backwards. The girls have higher pitched peeps but then they develop the lower quack sound while boys have lower pitched peeps that develop into more of a croaking frog sound that is higher pitched than a hen's quack. The girls tend to make more noise than the boys too so the most vocal ones just might be the girls if they are also higher pitched.

 

[marybowman]

I have been able to tell the difference as long as I have both sexes to compare the two and when I first listened to the pitch differences I got it backwards. The girls have higher pitched peeps but then they develop the lower quack sound while boys have lower pitched peeps that develop into more of a croaking frog sound that is higher pitched than a hen's quack. The girls tend to make more noise than the boys too so the most vocal ones just might be the girls if they are also higher pitched.

That pic is so funny! Thanks everyone! I had guessed them all by baby voice once and it appears I did it the correct way but not sure on my accuracy. I'm thinking about doing it again and making a video to get opinions from everyone! I am just really anxious to move some on but do not want to end up with any drakes. I have 10 and am not set up to handle that many as they get so big. I really only want 2 females!! My MIL got them all for my kids for their bdays and it has been a struggle with so many. But the idea of getting rid of most and having a drake after all this makes me nervous!

 

[Duck Drover]

Vent sexing is the most reliable method. I vent sex at 2 weeks.

 

[marybowman]

Vent sexing is the most reliable method. I vent sex at 2 weeks.

I tried several times and couldn't get it figured out

 

[marybowman]

I just heard a honk sound at the end of a peep!!! That one is a girl then right?!

 

[TheTwoRoos]

You cannot tell at suchh young age unless you vent sex.My male use to honk and quack all the time.

 

[marybowman]

You cannot tell at suchh young age unless you vent sex.My male use to honk and quack all the time.

Really? I was so sure that was the first sign around this age.