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  1. Lyss

    Pekin Duck Club!

    I would say so! She will quack more and more often soon more then she peeps. Ducks will be ducks they like to be wet and near water. As long as they are not cold and the area is kept relatively clean of poop I wouldn't worry.
  2. Lyss

    Pekin Duck Club!

    I'm not sure either but I've heard you should only to do it in the first few weeks. I don't think I personally would ever attempt it due to the risk of disembowelling your duckling. Its safest to wait a while for the change in voice. When they are around 6 weeks the duck will start to quack...
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    Haha that's hilarious she must be a good looking duck :P. Drake muscovies look so funny with their big red faces. The Pekins only let me touch them and are happy to groom and talk to me if I'm sitting other then that only my drake will came up for a chat while I'm standing or walking around...
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    Yep they get excited. I believe in America they hunt a bit differently with the dogs but they still have the chest plates. Not sure what type of breed he is. My dogs the one on the end of the ute tray, friends own the other two. My boy came from the pound so his breeding is unknown all we know...
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    Not sure she has definitely gotten better. When she saw me she used to run away squeaking now she just stands back and watches me. I got her as an adult and she hadn't had any handling, hopefully one day she will come around. My drake is the most tame his a big smoocher. OMG babies! They grow...
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    Had to share more piccies. The babies have grown and are now out with the chickens, Muscovy and older female pekin. Three Pekins with the Muscovy at the back. The Muscovy is quite timid and doesn't get to close. Peas and corn are the best EVER. My drake being the big suck up he is :)...
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    We don't really go spot lighting much. Usually go out of a morning with the dogs who track the pigs and hold them till we get there to dispatch them. Its great exercise as sometimes your running up a mountain to get to your dog and the pig before it possibly hurts your dog. The dogs wear chest...
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    Yep pigs are the worst for destroying property. They can dig up a 50 acre paddock in one night and breed like rabbits. They've also helped wipe out a few native animals here in Aus so they're kind of top priority when hunting. Plus its fun to go hunting with the dogs. Watching a dog do what it...
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    Haha understandable that you don't like them but here they really aren't much of a nuisance and are protected. We hunt feral pigs with our two dogs and also shoot (well my partner does) foxes, rabbits and fallow deer which are also feral here :). Foxes and feral cats are the worst worry we have...
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    And the neighbours cat going into the trap on the game camera.... My partner hunts hence the game camera and the trap is completely humane, the door just closes down and they're stuck in a small cage. Unfortunately the foxes aren't interested at all. Ignor the date... we don't worry about...
  11. Lyss

    Janoel Incubation Experience

    Wow your possums eat chickens?... In Australia they're only herbivores and the worst they do is move into your roof and bang around. I couldn't imagine worrying about skunks and what not. Though foxes are a problem here and my partner and I have put out some traps and the game camera though the...
  12. Lyss

    Janoel Incubation Experience

    Nawww ducklings.. I love ducks. Very jealous of the goslings, I would like to hatch some one day :). Yep Heron's Nest farm... its fall although in Aus we call it Autumn .
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    Woah been missing and this thread up to 24 pages . My bator is still empty ..... My new Pekin male is also still to young to do his jobs and my girls have gone of the lay for some reason anyway and I couldn't find any eggs around. Turkey breeder says I can have some of his eggs when it warms up...
  14. Lyss

    Pekin Duck Club!

    Nawww such teeny babies. Enjoy in a week they'll be double that size... but still just as cute!
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    Janoel Incubation Experience

    With my Pekin ducks all the time. That's why it was so disappointing for me with the chicks....Good luck on your up and coming hatch Heron's nest got my fingers crossed for you! Well my incubator is still empty I almost brought some Muscovy eggs but changed my mind lol. The local turkey breeder...
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