quiet female call duck?

[purplekittycat]

I have 4 call ducks. Peanut Butter is 7 weeks old, and I'm pretty sure is a female. She's very loud! I've had her since she was hatched and she's very tame. If I get out of her sight, she will quack for me. The other 3 are about 3 or 4 months old. I just got them a few weeks ago, and they are not tame yet. Two (Frederick Duckless and Rudyard Duckling) have developed curly tails, so I am pretty sure they are male. The 3rd one (Cookie) is a bit smaller, and does not have the curly tail feather, but it is also pretty quiet. Sounds very much like the boys, and not at all like Peanut Butter. Could this just be a quiet female? Or a male with a straight tail? These are the first ducks I've ever had, so any help/advice is much appreciated!

 

[Kevin565]

Cookie sounds like she may be a drake. Certain individuals can take longer for the voice changes but most likely if she remains raspy she's actually a he.

 

[schrunk11]

If Cookie is quite a bit smaller than the rest, give it another week or two, maybe it'll get louder or get a curl. If it's a runt, the others may pick on it and it may be a quite female at the bottom of the pecking order. If you take it out away from the others, it should get nervous and quack. Hopefully it's a female so you'll have 2 pair.

 

[purplekittycat]

Thanks for the info! I'm still holding out hope that Cookie is a girl, if not Peanut Butter will be outnumbered!

I did separate Cookie from the others. Although she doesn't quack nearly as loud or as much as Peanut Butter, when she actually does make noise, it sounds more female. She doesn't sound like she's muttering, anyway. Just a "quack" now and then. I listened to the differences on Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary's web site. Again, thanks for your help!!

 

[Kevin565]

If there's any quack at all then she's defiantly a girl. Some girls just have lower pitches than others.