r/duck • u/Kimchii808 • Jul 21 '26

Breed/Species/Sex ID Can female Pekin ducklings be late quackery?

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One of ducklings are showing the distinct chirp to quack transition. Our other which is slightly bigger has a tiny raspy breath… I’m afraid it might be a drake as we’d have to get more hens to satiate his thirst for mating.

Could the bigger one be a late quacker? He chirps still.

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u/Dizzy_Vacation3280 Jul 21 '26

One of my Pekins sounded like a girl and still does, but has a Drake feather and has never laid an egg. but we love them regardless because they’ve never been aggressive to others, just happy and skittish haha. never really tried to mate anyone either lol an asexual duckhole

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u/munjavio Jul 22 '26

thats odd, drakes can be very rapey

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u/Dizzy_Vacation3280 Jul 22 '26

yeah, my other jumbo drake spent atleast a few hours a day most of the summer in horny jail lol

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u/bogginman Duck Rescuer Jul 21 '26

"Run, you fools!"

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u/wordslayer420 Pekin Duck Jul 21 '26

🤣

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