In some species of birds, the male from the female is quite easy to distinguish. As for the ducks, they have such differences are not always obvious. If you do not know certain nuances, in most cases it is impossible to determine the sex of ducklings, but distinctive features externally and in character still exist. The following information will help to easily distinguish between a duck-girl and a duck-boy.
What is the name of the male duck
The duck male representative is called the drake. And this is not a separate breed or subspecies, but only a term that is called a male duck.
From females they are distinguished by a number of features.
Did you know? Hardly hatched ducklings take for a mother the creature that they see immediately after hatching.
How to distinguish male from female
Today you can find a lot of tips on how to recognize a drake and a duck. But when it comes to practical application, it becomes clear that these signs are not so much.
The hardest thing to look for males and females among ducklings. It is necessary to distinguish chicks by sex, since it is necessary to correctly select the sex ratio in the agricultural population.
The ideal proportions for growing birds for meat or for eggs are somewhat different. However, their proper selection will help to achieve maximum efficiency.
The most accurate ways are the following recognition methods.
Find out what the types of ducks are, what they look like and how to breed ducks Cherry, Hungarian, Cayuga, Blue Favorite, Ogar, Pace, Agidel, Star-53, Rouen, Bashkir, Musk, Peking.
In appearance
The main visual differences between ducks and ducks are as follows:
- in males, the plumage is brighter than in females, which most often have a gray, dull color;
- males are always larger than females;
- males usually have a wide forehead in the shape of a triangle, in females a thinner forehead with smooth outlines, in shape more resembling a trapezoid;
- males have a small crest on their neck;
- in males, the tip of the tail is rounded, the tail of the ducks is almost always straight;
- males have a larger beak;
- The drakes are decorated with feather beard.
By voice
It is worth paying attention to the sounds that make birds. Ducks usually quack, and drakes mostly hiss. Moreover, the female's voice is always louder (this is how it attracts ducklings), and the male's voice can be heard extremely rarely.
Important! In the wild, drakes are much larger than ducks, but for poultry this condition is not always met. Sometimes males are less females - it all depends on the conditions of cultivation and nutrition.
By genitals
Unlike other birds, drakes have anatomical differences from ducks. It is the males in the walls of the cloaca is a large penis. It can not be immediately noticed, although it is quite impressive in size.
During nesting or during the mating season, the sexual organ can turn outwards, although it is precisely this virtue that seriously complicates the life of the bird, because its length sometimes equals the length of the body itself.
Differences duck from the drake on the genitals
Male habits
In the duck cattle you can see that the females do not try to be leaders at all: they always keep either from the side or behind. Moreover, this rule is observed not only during a walk, but also in flight.
Often, even when breeding poultry, aggressiveness is observed on the part of drakes. They often start fights for females or food.
Important! Behavioral traits, as well as external features, by which the sex is determined, appear only 2-3 months after birth.In order to attract a female, the drake constantly curls near her, comes into conflict with other males. Wedding games can be accompanied by serenades and dances. The initiator of the pairing can become the duck itself.
Besides the fact that drakes fertilize females, they have no other meaning in nature. From a practical point of view, they have healthy, tasty meat and warm fluff, which is used to make clothes. 
In the Peking ducks, the drake has curlicues at the tip of the tail, the duck has none.
How to choose a male on a tribe
Proper definition of gender will allow you to correctly determine the food and choose the direction of development of the house. In order to choose a good drake, you should consider its structure.
It is desirable that the bird meets these parameters:
- flat, wide, without curvature of the keel - it should be located parallel to the ground;
- the chick should be healthy - healthy drakes behave noisily, actively, the plumage near the cloaca is clean and dry;
- it is necessary to acquire only individuals over the age of 7 days - by this age the ducklings have time to get stronger.
Did you know? Some determine the sex of ducks in a funny way: they take the duck by the paws and lower it upside down. The boys will pull out and twirl their heads, and the girls will remain hanging quietly.As you can see, it is easy to detect the differences between drake and duck, you just need to carefully look at the birds.
How to distinguish a drake from a duck: video
Reviews
Yes, these wonderful 3rd feathers with a bend in the direction of the back begin to appear from 4 months. But the duck quacks almost immediately, and the drake wheezes, which is due to the structure of the trochea. July 5 held the first autopsy, well, very tasty. The truth had to catch every bird and greet the paw. Determined by voice, as now seen not wrong.
