[darrena]

My welsh harlequin ducks are now nearly 6 weeks old and one of them has had a quack for over a week now but the other one is still just peeping is this a sign that they are of a different sex or just that one is developing slower than the other?

[sam on lewis]

   I have muscovey ducks, the male was the only one which quacked, the females all peep, eat, lay eggs, sleep, swim, a bit like my wife really, 

cheers, sam

[Foxy]

hello Sam, wondering where you are based, my goegraphy is not that good...
I think muscovys are quiet compared to other "mallard" based ducks where the girls tend to start a honky quack at around 6 weeks, the boys go from peeping to a whispery quack which is more noticeable a week or so later, well thats what I have found with runners

[darrena]

Does anyone know of a website where you can hear a sound recording of a mail and female duck?

[Vember]

Here you go Darrena

http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm

All my girls quack earlier than the boys who as Foxy said keep making baby noises for quite a while

Sarah

[darrena]

So do you recon that if only one duck of the two has a quack at 6 week and has been quacking for 10 - 14 day that the other is a drake then, or there still a good chance that it could be a duck

[sam on lewis]

hello again,

The Isle of Lewis is the large island of the North West coast of Scotland, we live on the north west coast of Lewis, been here two years nearly, brilliant place, nice people, great life !!!!!

cheers,

Sam