I got my duckling form metzers, and it would follow me everywhere! I raised only one of them so it get really dependent and chirps loudly when anyone
leaves it alone. It likes to constantly be around people and if nobody is home, it would just cry ALL day until it got tired enough to sleep...
My duckling would get the newspaper wet and lay just in the spots that were wet which made him smell like sweaty sour smelling so I would give him a bath
and that water only wouldn't help so I would use Olay bath bar and rub some on his underside and it washed out and made him more white and...
I am not able to give my baby the attention he needs. He's a jumbo pekin that will be one month old on the
18th of this month! He's starting to get his big boy feathers in and follows me around the house and if friendly
with the dog. He'll quack when he needs more food or water in his cage too...
I can't find vitamins at any of the places that sell the food and I llive right by the beach in southern California
so I have to drive a little way to even get duck food. I buy my supplements from the metzer farms website for
like $5 and its good for abot 128 gallons of water.
my pekins had this problem and would lay down a lot since it had a hard time walking from its leg being deformed.
Have you been giving yours niacin supplements? After I started to give them vitamins in their water everyday,
they started to walk a little easier and they are still growing into...
I'm sorry to hear about big sly. That was my favorite jumbo pekin duck on this forum and loved all the cute pics you would
post of her. Thats the only reason I got a jumbo pekin duckling recently when you wrote to me about your Sly.
Thank you for sharing your stories with all of us about her...
You gotta love ducks! They are soooooo messy but so cute!
I bought my pekin sexed as a male, and he's now almost a month
and I can hear his raspy low quack noise. It's way quieter than when
he was a duckling and cheeped loudly! and different from a normal quack
that a female would have.
my dog scared me when I first let him see the duck. He used to have sqeeky chew toys in the shape of baby ducks and stuff around easter and
he would tear them up in a minute! My duckling would cheep just like how a sqeeky toy would and the dog would have his tail up like it was ready
to attack...
you should call them. I placed a mail order and I didn't even know if they received it since i never got a call or email from
them. When I called they let me know what i ordered and when they will come. its easier to call them too since they always
pick up right away
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I'm sorry to hear your ducky flew away. I've seen pics of Mrs. Waddles on another tread of duck pictures before and she's adorable :[ sorry for your loss.
Maybe she'll come back cuz you're her mommy! don't worry. she loved you
For me I made a phone and mail order and I never got anything saying which date they were coming.
They asked for my first and second choice shipping date. They usually ship every Monday except for
when they don't have the breed you want. Mine arrived the morning after on Tuesday the mailman...
thanks for everyones input
I'll try to probably let him play more with the other two at the other house
more often and see if they can get along better or just get him another nice
friend. Maybe a girl! hehe
I know he should have a friend at least but its still only a week old and very funny.
It'll follow anyone in the house around and is fine when its by itself but there is always
someone home to give it attention and food and water. Everyday he gets to swim in the
tub and run around in the grass...
I was going to order only 2 ducklings from metzers since I just wanted them as a pet but I decieded to get 10 instead
since shipping is like $30 dollars cheaper! I kept one jumbo pekin and I sold the rest on craigslist 2 weeks before they
came so most were sold or on hold already when they came...
HOw cute! I just got my metzer order this week too!
I ordered 10 and I actually had 4 extra cayugas that I gave away :[
You could've shared an order with me cuz i'm in OC too! aww you are going to have so much
fun with them! Do they follow you around?
I ordered jumbo pekins, cayugas, and a female black runner and welsh harlaquin for happyslappyduckfeet
from this forum. I have pics of the other ducks on my other camera. This is one of the male jumbo pekins!
Metzers got my order to me in one day! There was a box on top of my mailbox that was...