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Last night I noticed one of my WH ducklings was sleeping face down in the midst of all the others! I can just picture her sitting there with her head slowly bobbing down until she fell asleep!

@LovesAGoodYolk lots and lots of handling and hand feeding. They are two years old and are still handled frequently. They don't like to be caught but once you catch them they are resigned to their fate. They were happily digging in the fresh straw for the greens I sprinkled in it, eating...

Two of mine went on a field trip on Saturday. Hubby works at Lowes and since they announced they are pet friendly his coworkers have been bugging him to bring in some ducks. Duck Vader and Rose did a nice job eating mealworms from people, posing for pictures and getting lots of pets.

I have four eggs in the incubator. I cannot wait for them to hatch. Two more weeks and I can meet my newest flock members. :)

I got a couple good pictures of mine today. Everyone is looking a little scruffy due to molting.

Have you tried taking one away from the other for a minute? That is usually all it takes to get mine quacking to see if they are girls or boys. I just pick one up and walk a few feet away. Chaotic quacking and rasping starts pretty much immediately.

Mine are always crazy when I try to pick them up and they have been handled for over a year. Once I get them picked up they are fine. I've heard from others on this board that is normal for ducks.

That bill certainly looks like it wants to be green doesn't it? How old is it? Is it old enough to quack vs. rasp yet? That is the best way to tell.

I agree Rouen is the dark one and the other looks like a Welsh Harlequin

OOOHHHH!! That makes me want more ducklings!

When do they quit laying? I am trying to figure out when I need to get more. Although I want more now!

AHA! Standard of Perfection. I have shown dogs and horses. I should have guessed that! Thank you! I am hoping that my daughter will do some 4H showing with our girls. Now that they are close to full grown and have feathers I will have to start comparing them to the SOP. (See look, I'm...

What is SOP? Standard Operating Procedure? Or is it some duckie jargon that this newbie is unaware of?

I ordered from Metzer all females. The dark one does quack similar to the others. I have been wondering if she is a he. Time will tell I guess.

I hope she doesn't go light! My favorite color is my lightest one but Ashton stands out with all that brown. She is sassy and her stand out color fits her attitude!

This is one of my welsh harlequin girls at 7 weeks old. She is much darker than my other girls and any pictures I've seen. Is this a unusual color? Is it common for them to be so dark? Here are my others for comparison.