How do you tell a male white duck from a female white duck?

Question

This is NOT a joke-rec'd 2 ducks & need to identify their sexes.

Answer 1

The male has a little curl upwards in his tail feather. The female has a flat tail feather.

If you're looking at the duck and aren't sure if the tail feather is curling or not, then it's a female. The upwards curl in males is obvious when you see it.

Answer 2

yeah, the tail curl is a good way to tell. i have two white pekin ducks---male and female. the male is about 25% bigger than the female.

also---an adult female will lay eggs. ducks are a lot like chickens. they'll lay eggs and try hatch them. white pekin ducks aren't good incubators though. my female will lay about 12-15 eggs and she'll sit on them for a week or two. then she pretty much loses interest and spends more and more time away from the nest. as a result the eggs chill or overheat and the ducklings die.

white pekins are such poor incubators that most are hatched with a manmade incubator. people who raise ducks will either gather the eggs from the female and put them into a manmade incubator or slip them under a duck of another species that is a better incubator. i've know some to slip duck eggs under a setting hen. she'll hatch the ducklings right along with her own brood. i knew a fellow once who slipped some duck eggs under a hen for her to incubate them. she did and she hatched a brood of 10 or so chicks and a couple of ducks. all went well till she took the brood down to the creek for a drink. the ducks hopped in the water and went crazy. the poor hen went running up and down the bank of the creek making a terrible fuss---she thought her 'babies' were going to drown! lol!

Answer 3

Techno is correct. Male ducks have a significant curl in their tail feather.

Answer 4

listen. Females QUACK - the males make a monotone lower sound. This works on adult ducks - little ones it's not accurate. But it's not a joke. You could vent sex them but listening you don't have to touch them.

Answer 5

Take a blood sample and send it off to a lab. They will let you know the result within 7-10 working days.

Answer 6

nicely all i comprehend is this drakes have a raspy, whispering quack; at the same time as ladies are loud and sparkling. Drakes have a curled intercourse feather on their tail (that could't be with out problems considered at a distance, even however) that the ladies lack.

Answer 7

you know
the one who wont shut up and is just chasing the one in front quacking its head off, thats the female

Answer 8

I agree with techno

Answer 9

maybe by feather size such as length

Answer 10

one of them has to pay the "bills"




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