[robbiegrant]

After having a guid laugh after being told you can hear the difference.
Well I been listening to my less than week old ducklings and I cant hear any difference.
Maybe they are all the same sex?!?

Dunno if anybody has heard of shazam? I use it regularly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(service)

This is how it works http://www.soyoucode.com/2011/how-does-shazam-recognize-song check out the authours avatar... shhhhpooky

If shazam can recognise a tune ( mostly any tune including different versions and mixes ) why can we use similar technology to sex ducks...

Imagine dialling 2850 on your phone, letting your duckling peep into it and in 20 seconds get a definitive answer!

OK OK im not proposing I can make that happen but....It got me thinking....  I wonder if it is possible to "look" at audio samples of known sexed ducklings with a spectograph on a PC and "seeing" any differences in the audio signature.

Probably nothing but just a thought.

Anyway. I am gonna fire up my sampler, record their peeps and have a look when I get a mo... if might be as easy as overlaying two known results from a sex ducks and noting the differences " visually "

Question for any experts out there is " what peep do you listen too? " Would it be the general i'm content peep or the distressed ( help im lost ) peep?

I probably think too much....

Robbie

[northfifeduckling]

if you are technically minded  - do give it a go! I just picked her up, held her really close to my ear and listened for anything other than crystal  as told to. Don't think she was distressed. I think the method is really 50/50, so it was probably just luck. you may as well wait a couple of months until there a more definite signs. We have quite few threads on here on sexing ducklings/ducks, some are interesting.  . The first time we had a new duckling I waited for the egg until I was absolutely sure 

[nic99]

I don't think there is much hope of sexing them by voice at a week old. The earliest I have ever heard their voices changing is 4 weeks. You are just going to have to keep living in suspense until then I think. Apparently you can sometimes tell by the size of their feet. Males tend to have larger feet. Obviously this would only work if they are the same breed and general size though.

[Growy16]

Throughout all these technological tests and wonders, if you see a big, hairy pair of b*****ks hanging down there's a good chance its a male......


Just trying to help....


Mark

[Simon O]

'Probably nothing but just a thought.'
Robbie even before I got to the end of your post I was thinking to myself....Robbie you think too much.... and I got to the end and found you agree!

[jaykay]

I think you should go for it - you might have a winner 

But yours are a bit young to tell apart by their voices, I agree they need to be several weeks old. I pick them up and listen to their voice then, not exactly distressed but definitely talking to you rather than muttering to themselves 

[robbiegrant]

'Probably nothing but just a thought.'
Robbie even before I got to the end of your post I was thinking to myself....Robbie you think too much.... and I got to the end and found you agree!

I think ewe are right!