Help Me Determine the Sex of my Muscovy Ducks

[Crazy Maizie]

Yea they are all fairly close in age. The two ones with the tan head are slightly larger (even though they're younger by about a week or two) but I believe that's just because the parents were both huge. I have read through that, but I am still unable to find any clear-cut differences between mine. It seems much easier in theory then when I go back there and actually look at them, I'm lost. Thanks for your help! I can provide more pictures/videos from different angles if that'll help. @Crazy Maizie @Miss Lydia

I just looked at some pics of my muscovy when they were around the same age as yours. My girls all had a v shaped tail feathers and the drake had broader fanned out tail feathers. My drake had a bit more caruncles, but the girls had similar to what yours is showing.
If you want to take a Pic of their legs it might help. It would need to be with them standing straight up and a side shot. But, other than that you have decent pics.

 

[Noah209]

I just looked at some pics of my muscovy when they were around the same age as yours. My girls all had a v shaped tail feathers and the drake had broader fanned out tail feathers. My drake had a bit more caruncles, but the girls had similar to what yours is showing.
If you want to take a Pic of their legs it might help. It would need to be with them standing straight up and sideways. But, other than that you have decent pics.

Okay great. I will take some more pictures of their legs like you described and post the pictures here after work. @Crazy Maizie Thanks

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Okay great. I will take some more pictures of their legs like you described and post the pictures here after work. @Crazy Maizie Thanks

Also, maybe a Pic from up above looking down so that I can see their full body and tail feathers.

 

[Noah209]

@Crazy Maizie @Miss Lydia Hey here are some more pictures. I tried getting some from above and some with their legs from the side. Hopefully you can make an educated guess based on these pictures. Again they're all around 15-17 weeks. The two with the tan faces are from the same clutch and the three others (2 black and all white) are all from a different clutch (they're probably around 2 weeks older). Thanks in advance!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Ooh. I'm going to change and say males. Those broad tail feathers with the wide and elongated bodies point to male. Did the people that you got them from say they were female? The odds that you would get 100% either is pretty astronomical.

When I mentioned v shaped tail feathers - they are literally skinny to a point and only fanned out to appear broad if a little stressed or broody.
Do you have other ducks or chickens? If not an all male flock isn't bad, just that muscovy will fight if there are any females. I don't know if they fight regardless. But, I had excess males when I allowed a hatch. Those brothers were always fighting. Nothing major, but they looked pretty ragged.

 

[Noah209]

Ooh. I'm going to change and say males. Those broad tail feathers with the wide and elongated bodies point to male. Did the people that you got them from say they were female? The odds that you would get 100% either is pretty astronomical.

When I mentioned v shaped tail feathers - they are literally skinny to a point and only fanned out to appear broad if a little stressed or broody.
Do you have other ducks or chickens? If not an all male flock isn't bad, just that muscovy will fight if there are any females. I don't know if they fight regardless. But, I had excess males when I allowed a hatch. Those brothers were always fighting. Nothing major, but they looked pretty ragged.

I have chickens (bantams), so I was really hoping to have that 1 male and 4 female ratios. When I got the two ones with the tan head the last owner vented all 6 of her ducklings and gave me the two that she thought were most likely to be female. When I got the two black ones and the all-white one there were like 10 to choose from and I got the smallest ones of the bunch with the smallest feet. I figured the black ones would definitely be girls, but I was unsure if the size can be considered for the all-white one bc he was a runt and super small when I got him. @Crazy Maizie

 

[Noah209]

Ooh. I'm going to change and say males. Those broad tail feathers with the wide and elongated bodies point to male. Did the people that you got them from say they were female? The odds that you would get 100% either is pretty astronomical.

When I mentioned v shaped tail feathers - they are literally skinny to a point and only fanned out to appear broad if a little stressed or broody.
Do you have other ducks or chickens? If not an all male flock isn't bad, just that muscovy will fight if there are any females. I don't know if they fight regardless. But, I had excess males when I allowed a hatch. Those brothers were always fighting. Nothing major, but they looked pretty ragged.

Also, when I got the black ones, they were probably at least a 1/3 smaller than some of the other ducks from that clutch (some were literally larger than the mom hen already). I just assumed the larger ones were male since I got them when they already had most of their feathers. @Crazy Maizie

 

[Crazy Maizie]

I keep my ducks and chickens in separate areas while in the run and they have their own coop. While out in the yard, they are out together. But, every one keeps flocks differently.
I'd give it a few more weeks to know for certain. I definitely could be wrong.