Pekin

Hatched 5 and handled them a lot, so I was disappointed that they're not that friendly with me. They'll rush at me for food, then turn and run off. Lost 2 to raccoons, so be aware that even large, aggressive drakes are vulnerable. I have a large pond and 10+ Canada Geese come every day. My male Pekin puts his head down and rushes at them and they scatter like bowling pins. He chases my pet geese around and attempts to breed with them. He's the terror of the barnyard, so if you want sweet ducks, aim for females only. Rescued a couple females recently and they integrated nicely. Don't want more, but happy with these. Eggs good, too, but they plop down and lay them anywhere.

These are some of my favorite ducks! They are great, they lay one or sometimes even two eggs a day! They are also very affectionate. The only con is they are kinda noisy.

I got a pair of Pekin ducks in 2010. Itook care of them, let them swim, and do whatever they really wanted. But when they got older (around 7 months) the female pekin would try and gain control of my chicken flock from my head hen. This resulted in an injury in my hen- so we soon got rid of them. I would like to try them again, though.

Only had them a short time. Looking forward to watching them grow...

These ducks are very entertaining! We have one pekin with 13 chickens. I love watching her most of all. She has quite the personality!

my boy girl duck is beautiful and is extremly fat i held him/her the other day and wow my hand sunk into the feathers and fat he/she has a great personality way to fat for the amount of energy he/she has lol and i say he/she because he/she acts like a girl and eats and outs on weight like a boy. also it qucks very loudly but has the curled tail feather lol help me

They make great pets, keep in mind though they will be heavier than a lot of other ducks. Are not good foragers. I find giving them some extra vitamins help. I had some leg problems with them as ducklings, as they grow so big and so fast, so I made sure they got extra niacin in the form of brewer's yeast or crushed niacin from the drugstore (not the nonflushing kind). They all eat out of my hand!

The Pekin is my favorite breed. I have pet ducks only. They are very friendly and with a lot of personality.

I hate this breed. I entirely understand why people like them as house ducks/pets, but as an actual operating breed, this one fails miserably. The meat is flavourless and very fatty, the birds grow so fast they die for no apparent reason, they are poor rangers, and I dare say from all this, that mankind can't degrade one of God's blessed creatures much farther than that. My opinion.

Ducks are super fun, I enjoy them very much. Every yard need two ducks to alert the neighborhood if anything out of the ordinary happens in the middle of the night.