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Feeding Question
My new ducks are 3 months old. I am wondering when to begin feeding the girls a laying diet, and for how long, and, since, they are housed with a male duck, how do I offer the appropriate food to both? My local store will probably be willing to order an appropriate feed for me if it is carried... -
Duck Warfare
Hi all! I have had 2 male ducks (a Pekin, Aflac and a crested white, Q-Tip) that get along famously for the last year. This spring break, we got 3 Pekin (or Pekin cross) ducklings and raised them with the idea of hopefully having females who would lay eggs for us. It turned out we have 2... -
Pekin with black spots???
My 3 ducklings-who appeared to be Pekins-are almost 8 weeks now and about full grown. The 2 females look and sound like Pekins, but the male has a few small black irregular spots-had them on his baby down and on his adult feathers too-and has almost NO voice-sounds very different from my 2 adult... -
Ducklings outside
I know EVERYONE asks this, and I've looked at a lot of those posts, but will you guys help me analyze my specific situation anyway? : My ducklings (Pekins) were 4 weeks yesterday, partly feathered out, esp. on underbellies. I have had them in a wading pool brooder in the kitchen. Our house... -
Help!
OK so I have read 1,000 times to get the ducklings UNMEDICATED starter crumbles and then there I was in the feed store with 4 boys under the age of 13 getting the ducklings and trying to buy electric fencing for my dog as well and I realize I didn't even ask the guy to make sure it was... -
Ducklings are here and my dog has lost his mind
Our 3 new 2 day old Pekin ducklings are here in a brooder in the corner of my kitchen and my dog, having caught a glimpse of them, is whimpering and carrying on outside a baby gate. He hasn't calmed down for 2 hours! Not sure if he wants to eat them or play with them.... -
Winter hardy laying ducks
Hi all. We are getting ready to get ducklings this week and got the brooder set up. We need some laying females to go with our 2 pet backyard ducks (Pekin and Crested White). We are wanting good year-round layers, bonus points for not being super loud and they have to winter well, as we don't... -
What breed should we choose?
OK. We currently have a male Pekin and a male Crested White as outdoor pets and are thinking of getting some female ducklings in June so that we'll have some eggs for our trouble. We originally thought of Muscovies because we are worried about noise (live close to neighbors), but I've been... -
Introducing myself
Hi. My name is Tara and I have two male ducks: a white Pekin and a crested white, named Aflac and Q-Tip, respectively. We've had ducks since last spring and are still figuring things out. We built them a coop that the get shut in at night and they have the run of a fenced yard during the day...