2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[Magnolia Ducks]

I used frozen peas. And @WannaBeHillBilly Ideal is a certified clean facility so you cannot go in. Even the employees have to wear shoe covers and spray themselves with disinfectant before they go get the birds. There is a technical term for this that escapes me now. But you basically get handed your birds though what looks like a bullet proof window. Also, they appear to serve more a commercial market. I think Metzers does more small orders. Think that is part of the difference in quality and price of birds. I have had so much fun with my mixed breeds, I would go back to them. But NO Magpies!!!!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I used frozen peas. And @WannaBeHillBilly Ideal is a certified clean facility so you cannot go in. Even the employees have to wear shoe covers and spray themselves with disinfectant before they go get the birds. There is a technical term for this that escapes me now. But you basically get handed your birds though what looks like a bullet proof window. Also, they appear to serve more a commercial market. I think Metzers does more small orders. Think that is part of the difference in quality and price of birds. I have had so much fun with my mixed breeds, I would go back to them. But NO Magpies!!!!

I assume it is called bio-security? But i don't know if that's the correct term. So you think Ideal serves the commercial market and leaves the "b-grade" birds for small orders. That's another reason for me not to buy there!
Yes, i like mixed birds too and i have learned to love my "Magpie" ducks too, but i was kind of disappointed when i opened the box and five almost black ducklings looked at me. They have turned out to have great and calm personalities, have started to trust me more and more and have a sweet way to peep even as adult ducks. - But they don't look like cows with feathers! It's nagging at me!

 

[Texag87]

My biggest worry from them is the disclaimer about crested. You never know about crested though because 2 of muttlings I were crested with no crested parents. The other three had little tufts.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I assume it is called bio-security? But i don't know if that's the correct term. So you think Ideal serves the commercial market and leaves the "b-grade" birds for small orders. That's another reason for me not to buy there!
Yes, i like mixed birds too and i have learned to love my "Magpie" ducks too, but i was kind of disappointed when i opened the box and five almost black ducklings looked at me. They have turned out to have great and calm personalities, have started to trust me more and more and have a sweet way to peep even as adult ducks. - But they don't look like cows with feathers! It's nagging at me!

I think they only have b grade birds not that they give them just to small orders. I love my little muttli ngs so. I guess they are c grade but what sweeties. Merde is a gorgeous bird if you ask me.

 

[Texag87]

Lower neck Runner, upper neck and head looks Pekin. In the face he looks like mom.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

These are fantastic ducks. Very sweet. They are in with my little goose now since the big goose went crazy yesterday. My little guys are doing great too. Carl has been accepted and everyone is happy.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

So that's how a Pekin Runner duck looks like! - Limpy! - Blanca! Earthquack! Come here, you go into this separate pen. Do your best Limpy…
She looks a bit like like @SailorNoMore 's Ancona ducks. Beautiful bird!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Unfortunately both drakes. But I did learn runner drakes whistle instead of rasp.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Unfortunately both drakes. But I did learn runner drakes whistle instead of rasp.

Do they? - Limpy, come here? Can you whistle? - He is shaking his head and rasping: »no, no, no, don't eat me!«
Limpy and Erpelchen (Buff Orpington) have exactly the same rasp! Trust me, i can identify Blanca and Earthquack by their quack! But i have no clue who is rasping when i don't see them.
Maybe a Pekin/Runner mix specialty?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Don't know but they don't rasp, they whistle, like whistling ducks. It's cute but surprising and they don't seem to be growing out of it. Only Merde is Pekin. Dreck is half KC so it has to come from the runner side. I think @Miss Lydia said her runners whistled too.