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4/15/12 at 5:33pm

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My older ducklings are 5/6 weeks now and they have a huge array of sounds they make. The runners like to sit at the waterer and squeak*mumble*chirp*cluck to themselves. The whole group makes sounds like quacks, shrieks, sqwaks, whistles, trills, clucks, mumbles, something that sounds like buhbah. They are supposed to be all girls. They are all incredibly loud when they think its treat time.

What have you noticed about your own birds?

Incidentally, when are they no longer considered ducklings?

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4 Rouens, 3 Khaki Campbells, 2 Indian Runners, 2 Embdens, 6 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 horses, 4 cats, 2 dogs

I have a blog! www.crackerdogfarm.blogspot.com

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4/15/12 at 5:43pm

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ducks are very talkative little critters they make all kinds of sound my adult females would make a purring sound like a motor sound when ever i changed the bedding in the shed

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4/15/12 at 6:50pm

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A lot of my ducklings have been making wild bird-ish sounds this year. I don't remember the ones from last year doing anything other than peeping.

They sure are a talkative bunch though!

I consider mine teenagers when they are about 5-6 weeks old. That probably varies from person to person though.

I'm Kelly. Married to my enabler, man of my dreams, love of my life, builder of my duck houses. Mom to two awesome, if not a bit wild, children. Adopted mom to a mixed flock of ducks (Runner, Pekin, Cayuga, Swede) and a not-so-bright rescue dog named Mack. Auntie to all the animals at the farm I work at. Photographer (http://www.redbubble.com/people/evanskelly). Blogger of the obscure,...

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4/16/12 at 7:48am

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Quakrrs- It's so weird, my name is Kelly too and I also love photography! I'm old school though and prefer my print camera to my digital. I cant wait until my ducklings are bigger and outside so I can take 50 million pictures of them.