Are my Khaki Campells females or males?

Mxgirl143 said:

Hi!! I am wanting to see if anyone can help me tell if my Khaki Campbells are males or females. They are about 7 weeks old now and we are new duck owners. I know that the males usually get the darker head and the curled tail feather but everything I read said that is usually when they are a bit older. So I was trying to see if we can tell by their sounds. Would love to hear all your opinions!! Thank you

Click to expand...

I don’t know but I’m so jelly of your ducks ”pond”!

Mxgirl143 said:

Here is a few of them snuggling with my daughter lol

Click to expand...

The crested one looks like a drake to me. My Drake chatters all of the time and is just not as loud as my females. It has the darker backside like the crested one and the darker brown head. No change in beak yet or other colors. Did get the drake curl at three months.

New duck mommy 2021 said:

Looking at the beak , head and lower back feathers I would say 1 of each but to have a crested they must be crossed?

Click to expand...

What does that mean? “To have crested they must be crossed” what must be crossed?

Bettyboop7499 said:

What does that mean? “To have crested they must be crossed” what must be crossed?

Click to expand...

To have the crest I would think one parent was
Crested can come in all ducks as many have cross bred over the years

New duck mommy 2021 said:

To have the crest I would think one parent was
Crested can come in all ducks as many have cross bred over the years

Click to expand...

Ok so brake it down like I’m an idiot cause I know nothing about ducks What is a crest?

Bettyboop7499 said:

Ok so brake it down like I’m an idiot cause I know nothing about ducks What is a crest?

Click to expand...

No you aren’t you are learning like the rest of us
I only know about crested as my friend has crested Pekin ducks
Crested ducks have a big poof on the top of their heads. They don’t have a hard skull
They are more at risk because of this especially females as the males bite the head to mate.
Breeding two crested together often doesn’t produce a healthy duck
But if only one parent was crested then they are much better off health wise
So when I said looks like a male unless it was crossed I meant if crossed it may have markings that make us think male on khaki but could be the other breed
I have Pekin crosses with khaki
My boys look like mallards
My girls look like Rouen / khaki
Nobody looks like mom lol

Oh boy, don't they poop in your pool? Crested looks dark, my Tyrone is a crested drake.. check for that tail curling up soon

They are now 5 weeks old... When they were newborn someone said Kaki Campbell (I believe that was a correct) can we say boy/girl now (and safely name them )

Mother-Hen-Michele said:

They are now 5 weeks old... When they were newborn someone said Kaki Campbell (I believe that was a correct) can we say boy/girl now (and safely name them )

Click to expand...

I’m going to guess boy with the darker head and girl with the lighter
But still hard at this age to say for sure
Do they sound different at all ?

New duck mommy 2021 said:

I’m going to guess boy with the darker head and girl with the lighter
But still hard at this age to say for sure
Do they sound different at all ?

Click to expand...

They still have a lot of squeaking in their voices... I guess I need a little more patience

Thank you for the vote