Rouen Duck thread

[egraham]

Noodles showing off his/her wingspan.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Pretty!

 

[Julie Birb]

Pek Pek sporting his/her wing bars!

Very CUTE

 

[crc310]

View attachment 1028227 A friend of my husbands has 2 free 6 week old drakes. I'm considering taking them. We have a large RIR roo, a guinea hen and 6 misc standard sized hens. They stay in a 10'x10' coop (shed) with access to a 10'x10' covered pen when they r not free range during daylight hours on our 2 acres (and our neighbors 2 acres with their 21 hens and their neighbors 6 hens! Lol). Do u think there will be problems? Our current poultry roost on the roost and in the rafters. I've read if we just keep them bachelors, they should b ok. I'm just concerned about them with the hens or our roo (he's not known to b aggressive).

Anyone? They need to b gone in the next few days or they killing them

 

[Miss Lydia]

The problem with having drakes and no ducks for them to mate with is they will want to mate with your hens and guinea hen you would have to keep the drakes separated from the females. They would be fine together though . Or get them a few ducks each.

 

[crc310]

I contacted them yesterday. They said they r gonna keep them cuz they now believe they r females! Lol thanks!!

 

[Debs Flock]

Sorry, brief interruption to your regularly scheduled banter...

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[egraham]

Finally some relief to my duck sexing wait! Noodles, who I was sure was a drake let out a blatant Honk today and several Honk wannabes throughout the afternoon. Still hoping Pek Pek is a duck as he/she is getting the same new brown feathers around the bill as Noodles. But I'd be happy with one of each.

 

[Danielsmom]

Most recent update still lost as to if we have a king or queen bob but nibbler is HUGE compares to bob so thinking male as he still has "fuzz" on his neck and head. But enough jabber most recent pics of the 2 (Nibbler closest to the dishes they love broccoli and kale)

Nibbler closest

 

[ChickenGrass]

I got some more recent photos of my Rouen ducks.
I didn't take any of the drake because he is moulting lol

I am taking the one in the second two photos to a show next week.