Separate them out for a night or two and see who might lay an egg?
DonutWhole9717
All three brown ones are females. I can’t tell with the white ducks, but I would watch their behaviors. Do either of them point out food for the other ones? Do they mount the other ducks?
DrunkyMcDickjokes
Do the pekins quack? Females quack loudly, males are much quieter.
Do they have a curly tail feather? Males have a curly tail feather.
ScoreMajor2042
Sorry you’re having a hard time
SuperBaconjam
No curly tail feathers so I’d say they’re all girls. The brown ones are 100% girls.
aortaman
The brown rouens are girls unless i’m mistaken on the breed.
The pekins can be tricky, and sometimes you just have to wait until you see one mounting another. The males have a raspier/quieter voice, and eventually will have a very obvious single curled tail feather. If they are all laying already, you can separate them and see who lays. We generally eat the males. They are delicious.
Such_Bus1193
The vocalizations are a dead giveaway. Once you’ve heard the difference between the sound a male makes vs. a female you’ll have no problem. Only thing is, they have to reach adulthood and stop making the baby duck squeaks!
Delicious-Duck9228
Brown are females. First pekin may be male. Can’t tell if that’s a drake feather or not. Last pekin looks female. Looks like a fair ratio but those Rouens could end up hurt. My Pekins are very rough and much bigger than my hens so they are kept separate. I have a tiny mallard hen though and my other hens can’t stand them so that is why
Drab brown ducks are also typically female in breeds with dimorphic (male vs female) feathers. It doesn’t work with white ducks, so go with the pin feathers on white ones.
They also sound different. Watch videos on the different sounds and it is really obvious.
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Separate them out for a night or two and see who might lay an egg?
All three brown ones are females. I can’t tell with the white ducks, but I would watch their behaviors. Do either of them point out food for the other ones? Do they mount the other ducks?
Do the pekins quack? Females quack loudly, males are much quieter.
Do they have a curly tail feather? Males have a curly tail feather.
Sorry you’re having a hard time
No curly tail feathers so I’d say they’re all girls. The brown ones are 100% girls.
The brown rouens are girls unless i’m mistaken on the breed.
The pekins can be tricky, and sometimes you just have to wait until you see one mounting another. The males have a raspier/quieter voice, and eventually will have a very obvious single curled tail feather. If they are all laying already, you can separate them and see who lays. We generally eat the males. They are delicious.
The vocalizations are a dead giveaway. Once you’ve heard the difference between the sound a male makes vs. a female you’ll have no problem. Only thing is, they have to reach adulthood and stop making the baby duck squeaks!
Brown are females. First pekin may be male. Can’t tell if that’s a drake feather or not. Last pekin looks female. Looks like a fair ratio but those Rouens could end up hurt. My Pekins are very rough and much bigger than my hens so they are kept separate. I have a tiny mallard hen though and my other hens can’t stand them so that is why
Drakes will have a pin feather on their tails. See that one [really curvy tail feather](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7d/cf/ef/7dcfef028679c7a462acf8d93ddf66f4.jpg)? That’s a drake pin feather.
Drab brown ducks are also typically female in breeds with dimorphic (male vs female) feathers. It doesn’t work with white ducks, so go with the pin feathers on white ones.
They also sound different. Watch videos on the different sounds and it is really obvious.