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    will they ever be truly TAME?

    So we have 3 ducklings and 6 peeps. One duckling is 5 weeks old (a mallard) and the other 2 ducklings are just babies (maybe 2 weeks old?) and are Pekin. The peeps are Pullets and two are something else (can't remember the breed) and are like 2-3 weeks old. My question ... will they ever be...
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    5 week old mallard duckling - BOY or GIRL??? (video of "quack")

    Is he/she still to young to tell? (just wondering if that's why no one has an opion yet ... becaue of being unsure?)
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    5 week old mallard duckling - BOY or GIRL??? (video of "quack")

    So I've been doing some reading about ducklings and such since we just got little "Peek a Boo." And we also picked up two more ducklings yesterday. But anyway - back to Peek a Boo ... Peek is a 5 week old Mallard duckling. We would really like to know if he/she is a girl or boy. So after doing...
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    Ok - new problem ... duck won't get along with chicks ...

    So - I posted another thread about our new duckling "Peek a Boo" that we picked up today. We had a little issue with Peek a Boo getting cold, etc. But anyway .. now we have a new issue. Well, not sure I'd consider it that much of an issue, but still ... So we have 6 peeps that we just got two...
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    Need Advice concerning 5 week old duckling

    Ok. thank you all. Little "Peek A Boo" (what the kids decided to name it) seems completely better now after being in the warm bath for almost a 1/2 hour now. he/she (?) is acting normal again. 100%. So now peek a boo is going back into the tote (this time it's dry and we put a nice nest of hay...
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    Need Advice concerning 5 week old duckling

    I would've got two ducklings - but the lady I got it from only had this one. And I've been looking (local and at tractor supply, feed stores, etc.) and no one has any ducks right now. So that's why I got only this one. I would put it in with my chicks under the heat lamp, but it's bigger than...
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    Need Advice concerning 5 week old duckling

    I have never in my life had a duck ... until today. We decided to get a duckling and I did a little bit of research first, then went and picked on up today. I got a big clear tote to put it in. I put a couple of LARGE rocks in the tote with some water (the rocks are so the duckling can get out...
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