How Do You Tell The Difference Between Male And Female Ducks?
Are you the proud new owner of ducks or ducklings? If so you are probably wondering how to tell if you have males or females. Telling the sex of a duck, just like any species of bird, can be quite a hard task. However there are a few easy tricks for telling if you have yourself a drake or a duck (male or female). It’s all in the color. Whether you raise or own ducks for fun or business, you know that there are many different breeds that come in many diverse colors. One of the most common breeds is the mallard duck. Mallards, like many other breeds, can be told apart from each other by their color. Males are very brightly colored with green heads and a white ring around the neck, while females are varied shades of brown. This holds true for many breeds of duck, with the males being brighter in color than the female. This is not useful though until the duck is full-grown, as with most methods. How big is that duck? Looking to the size of the ducks to determine their sex is always a great
