- Aug 18, 2014
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Hello, well, we purchased 2 ducklings, not sure of breed or gender. One was about 2 or 3 weeks old, the other was probably about a week old, we got them from a feed store, and when the man was trying to catch them, they were just devastatingly scared.
Ever since we got them in May, we've tried to work with them, and earn their trust a bit more, but it seems that the only time they like us is when we have meal worms, and they still won't come anywhere closer than 4 or 5 feet to us, and we just found out that the buff(one is a pekin, and the other is a buff) is a drake, and we're very seriously thinking now that they're both drakes, they sound, and act the exact same, and they're starting to get a little aggressive.
Last week, we purchased an Ancona female, and a Embden female goose. Right away when we put the ducks we already had and the goose/duck together we noticed that they(the original ducks) got even more skittish, and now it is to the point that all of them run when they even see us come outside, especially the goose.
Now, the goose and duck were both full grown, so we're not sure how they were treated at their previous home, but we know when we bought them, they were handled VERY roughly by their wings, and necks.
Is there ANYTHING we could do to possibly make them less scared of us?
I grew up with animals all my life, especially ducks, and geese, and have NEVER met any ducks that were this petrified of me, we also have never tried to catch the ducks/goose except once to cut their wings because one did get pretty far off the ground.
Thankyou
Ever since we got them in May, we've tried to work with them, and earn their trust a bit more, but it seems that the only time they like us is when we have meal worms, and they still won't come anywhere closer than 4 or 5 feet to us, and we just found out that the buff(one is a pekin, and the other is a buff) is a drake, and we're very seriously thinking now that they're both drakes, they sound, and act the exact same, and they're starting to get a little aggressive.
Last week, we purchased an Ancona female, and a Embden female goose. Right away when we put the ducks we already had and the goose/duck together we noticed that they(the original ducks) got even more skittish, and now it is to the point that all of them run when they even see us come outside, especially the goose.
Now, the goose and duck were both full grown, so we're not sure how they were treated at their previous home, but we know when we bought them, they were handled VERY roughly by their wings, and necks.
Is there ANYTHING we could do to possibly make them less scared of us?
I grew up with animals all my life, especially ducks, and geese, and have NEVER met any ducks that were this petrified of me, we also have never tried to catch the ducks/goose except once to cut their wings because one did get pretty far off the ground.
Thankyou