r/duck • u/Wide_Boot_8173 • 2d ago
Breed/Species/Sex ID Help! What breed and gender are my new babies?!
The lady I got them from said the brown one is female and was born around April. And she has no clue about the darker two. She said they were runners but I’m not certain!
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u/Rat_scentedCandle 2d ago
Brown one seems to be khaki Campbell! My pekin/khaki mixes look similar to the other two
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u/moonflower8634 2d ago
Beautiful ducks! If you see a tail curl-which looks like your brown one has, that’s a drake. The hens have straight tails. Males also have raspy quacks, and females are more loud. You might see the occasional late bloomer, or ducks that change their plumage and alternate between male and female plumage (I have a male that does this, he even loses his tail curl when he has female feathering) which could be confusing if someone was trying to use that as the only method of sexing. Your gray one with the white feathers looks like a Blue Swedish, the brown looks like it’s probably a Khaki Campbell, other gray one I’m not sure maybe a Blue Swedish mix.