a few duck questions

[blkpoodles]

when he gets all his feathers back i'll take new pics for you all to see how he turns out. i know ducks are wet and their houses can get wet, i plan on having my ducks free range(in hope the boys dont fight) that way he can experience the ground too like a duck should

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Thats a good idea, still might be some problems but hopefully with enough room and Enough girls it will work itself out, I have 2 drakes and a gander and for the most part they do pretty good together. Try giving him frozen peas warmed in warm water starting with a few on the ground and working up to where he is eating out of your hand, Most ducks Love peas. the green english peas. Good luck with finding him a friend if your going to a show you shouldn't have much problem with that. May even find a cute lil call duck not too expensive.

 

[blkpoodles]

i hope i find him a friend there, just a pet quality one, those are usually not that expensive. i wish it wasnt so cold out then he can be out more, i'll have to try that pea idea. thanks for all your help, i'm a beginner duck person

 

[Hattiegun]

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You just got him yesterday? How were the living conditions he was in, what were the feeding him, what bedding were they useing, were they over crowded in a small pen?
Pecking and feathing eating could also be a symptom if he and others were housed in a small pen.

Once a feather eater always a feather eater.


WHY DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE DUCKS/CHICKENS ????? hard to hear when they live in bad conditions .. errrrrrrrr..

 

[blkpoodles]

i think i need a hearing aid lol jk, idk why they have these people have these animals, i cant stand going in the coops, it just smells too bad. her daughter who's 9 and does 4-h doesnt know any better and thinks its not a big deal. i personally dont want my coops to smell, lol i clean it probably once a week if they're in there often other then that its once every 2 weeks. their nesting boxes if they're not sitting on eggs i clean every other day. that's just the way i am, i also have everyone free ranging cause that's what they like. maybe they have them just for their eggs and to say they have them. idk

it is sad
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WHY DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE DUCKS/CHICKENS ????? hard to hear when they live in bad conditions .. errrrrrrrr..

 

[StevenW.]

Someone say Call Duck!??!?!

Getting some cute call duck pictures on this thread right away!

I even have a video from this morning! )

 

[blkpoodles]

you'll make me jealous

i saw some snowy call ducks at the fair i showed at and i wanted them lol

 

[Hattiegun]

here Steven,,, but youve prbly seen them already

 

[blkpoodles]

aww i wish my ducklings would sit in my hands like that, they dont like me yet

 

[Hattiegun]

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they are all soooo different..... they were raised like that but those 2 dont even get super close to me now.( I can coax them with treats ).. my very first 3 come up to me all the time and I can pick 2 of the boys up.... my other 2 girls I got as adults, 1 is still really skittish and the other is slowly slowly warming up to me...