Gender and breed?

[Littlefrenchyinbigtexas]

Can you help me identify the gender and breed for some of these ducks please? I am mostly concerned about the gender of the big 4 ducks. I hope they are not all males or I would have to separate them from my mallard and blue Swedish.
Also if you can tell the gender of the black blue Swedish. I cross fingers it is a female... so beautiful bird.
There are some close up shots at the end of the movie 4’09.
Thank you!!!!

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Not sure on sex but 1, 2, and 3 look like Muscovy!

 

[Littlefrenchyinbigtexas]

Thank you. That is good to know. But I still need to know the gender. I am really afraid they could hurt my female mallards once old enough to breed.

 

[Critter721]

I agree that 1-3 look like muscovy, but I'm not great at determining gender. @Miss Lydia, can you help?

 

[SolarDuck]

Of the muscovys 1 looks male to me and 2-3 both look female. I'm no expert though. 2 and 3 I am pretty confident are female.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Muscovy drake does not breed with any other breeds I have only his Muscovy females. My other 2 breeds are Buff and Runner.

 

[Littlefrenchyinbigtexas]

Of the muscovys 1 looks male to me and 2-3 both look female. I'm no expert though. 2 and 3 I am pretty confident are female.

Wow that would be awesome. Just curious, how can you tell? Based on their feathers?

 

[Littlefrenchyinbigtexas]

My Muscovy drake does not breed with any other breeds I have only his Muscovy females. My other 2 breeds are Buff and Runner.

Interesting. I was thinking of separating them from my mallards and Swedish to be safe.

 

[SolarDuck]

Wow that would be awesome. Just curious, how can you tell? Based on their feathers?

Its more overall size but a lot of factors weigh in. Males are 2x the size of females once they're full grown they are huge your number 2 and 3 look like females so they won't get much bigger than they are now. Also the females feather in quicker than the males, the males have thicker legs and a different stance, generally females feet are a bit closer to eachother so you see them standing on their own feet sometimes. The biggest difference between males and females is the noise they make. Males make kind of a huffing hissing noise while females make more of a higher pitched coo like a chicken. Neither will ever be loud and quack like other ducks. The males don't produce any actual noise the only noise you hear is the hissing and huffing and the only thing making that sound is the air. Also once they start developing caruncles(the red stuff on their face) the males will generally have a lot more ot it than the girls.


I'm not sure on your #1 maybe if you uploaded a picture taken from the front it would be easier to tell but 2 and 3 definitely look like girls to me, Muscovy are the only ducks I have and all of mine are girls

Are 2 and 3 about the same size? or is one bigger than the other? They both looked like girls to me at first but now looking closer it looks like 2 might be a male and 3 a girl? But if they are the same size they are prolly both girls.

 

[Littlefrenchyinbigtexas]

Its more overall size but a lot of factors weigh in. Males are 2x the size of females once they're full grown they are huge your number 2 and 3 look like females so they won't get much bigger than they are now. Also the females feather in quicker than the males, the males have thicker legs and a different stance, generally females feet are a bit closer to eachother so you see them standing on their own feet sometimes. The biggest difference between males and females is the noise they make. Males make kind of a huffing hissing noise while females make more of a higher pitched coo like a chicken. Neither will ever be loud and quack like other ducks. The males don't produce any actual noise the only noise you hear is the hissing and huffing and the only thing making that sound is the air. Also once they start developing caruncles(the red stuff on their face) the males will generally have a lot more ot it than the girls.


I'm not sure on your #1 maybe if you uploaded a picture taken from the front it would be easier to tell but 2 and 3 definitely look like girls to me, Muscovy are the only ducks I have and all of mine are girls

Are 2 and 3 about the same size? or is one bigger than the other? They both looked like girls to me at first but now looking closer it looks like 2 might be a male and 3 a girl? But if they are the same size they are prolly both girls.

Wow. Thank you. Very educational. I had no clue. I will spend more time with them, and double check everything, just to make sure,
I am guessing the same would apply to my blue Swedish too? I really love the black one and hope it’s a she...