Got them today! Here they are individually... (please watch for any gender giveaways)
That's Harley. She/He is like a nervous little bullet, zipping around and is the most fearful of me.
This is Gracie. She/He is much calmer, more mature than the others, and loves her food! She's the first to...
I just have a thing about drakes. :(
I had a Pekin drake brutalize and pull the feathers out of my 5 females to the point of killing one. He has been rehomed now, but it's something I'd never want again.
Maybe he was a bad apple? Are drakes just murderous?
As far as I've seen in the pictures and videos, they free range in their backyard. I have a large dog kennel and also some makeshift fencing, could that help work for letting the adults see them, but not touch?
How should I quarantine them when I get them? I have a "duck coop" that is really spacious and can be locked up, but its inside the run the other animals use. As far as chickens go, I've heard about big quarantine situations that take weeks on end. Are ducks the same?
Also, I feed my birds an...
My best guess would probably be a feed store. They were bought around Easter, and stores sell them young. I'd estimate that they're around 7 weeks old?
I haven't seen the birds in person. The photo and video is from our friend. He's bringing them by our barn for me to look at next week. I'll be able to post more footage when I get them.
A close friend of ours came to us in need of rehoming a trio of 7-week ducks from Easter because his grandson is "tired of them". We have a barn, and I've been raising ducks for 3 years. They're Unsexed and are an unknown breed. Here they are...
I've had male and female ducks before. They...