Male or Female?
“Junior” was a singleton hatchling from 4 eggs that I acquired and put in my incubator. He/she/they hatched June 1. Junior no longer peeps but still trills and some… other noises that are not hisses. I did read the pinned post but I’m still not sure. I don’t have any other ducklings to compare him to so I’m not able to use many of the markers of male/female. We refer to him as male for simplicity’s sake since he does not care what sex we call him. Junior is very friendly (being a single duckling he was handled and cuddled constantly) and allows his chest to be stroked gently. My child describes Junior as her “best friend” which I suppose is actually true since she spends more time with him then other human children. 😆
Note : I do have 6 other ducks who are all mallard derived domestics… they are all a bit older then Junior and do not include him in flock business (although he follows at the periphery). I would like to get Junior another Muscovy companion eventually.