Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

[minihorse927]

Aw, thanks.


[rule]





So, just a quick question out of curiosity, for those of you who raise up calls from hatch. About how soon could you tell the sex of your call ducklings by their voice? I would swear that Crash made a feminine quack this morning, but he only turned 5 weeks old yesterday and I assumed I had a few more weeks to wait. Was I hearing things?

He also has been making a lot of different noises starting within the past few days, like his loud PEEP-PEEP-PEEP when he's scared, or these little chirpy noises when he's happily nibbling on something, or the 'wibbly-wibbly-wibbly' sound when he's playing in his water dish. I have seen where people say that's a female thing, but then I've also read about male calls that have been tricky because of how noisy they are...

I call him 'him', by the way, only because I didn't want to call him 'it', so I really have no idea of whether Crash is a boy or a girl at this point.

I've had females quack as early as 4 weeks.

 

[buff goose guy]

mine began to quack at 3 weeks

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Oh boy, so Crashie duck could actually be a girl? That would make things a little easier with his (her?) parents... I just went up to try and get a recording of his noises, but of course, he clammed up once he saw my phone. Just like he always does...




P.S. Amykins, my goodness, last I remember Wobbles was a girl! I don't know if you remember the little duckling you helped me with some months ago, my late Wibbles. Makes me chuckle to think about our 'Wibs and Wobs' again!

 

[Julie Birb]

My sweet angel babies!!!

I am gonna scream.

 

[Amykins]

Oh boy, so Crashie duck could actually be a girl? That would make things a little easier with his (her?) parents...

I just went up to try and get a recording of his noises, but of course, he clammed up once he saw my phone.

Just like he always does...



P.S. Amykins, my goodness, last I remember Wobbles was a girl!

I don't know if you remember the little duckling you helped me with some months ago, my late Wibbles. Makes me chuckle to think about our 'Wibs and Wobs' again!

Oh Pip, my heart still ached for lil' Wibbles. I'm so sorry. :/ And yeah, naive little me had no other ducks to use as reference, so I truly thought he WAS a girl, ha! Nope, he's a drake through and through. A little hotheaded jerkypants one, at that. I'm so happy to see you back on the forums again!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I'm kind of in the same boat. I have no one to compare Crash to and really no experience with ducks of his age, so I have no idea if I should assume he's a girl based on what I think I'm hearing or wait until he's old enough that it's obvious. I have noticed his voice cracking a lot this morning, though. Poor little teenage ducky!



He was sitting in my lap this morning and really laying on the cuteness. I also was scritching his head and he was fluffing out his feathers and squinting his eyes like, "Ahh..."

And treat time. I'm not sure if he ate any of his greens, but he sucked all of the water out of this little dish around them.

 

[chippysmom327]

Very sweet ducks/ducklings/dogs everyone!


On another note, I had arrangements to buy two call hens from someone that has repeatedly screwed me over. They were the only hens available and I'm desperate. Anywho, the person said they'd sell me the calls in late July-early August. A silver and a white hen, just what I wanted, and for cheap too. I told them I would NOT be at the swap this month because I'd be in Ohio (the swap was today). They messaged me on Twitter this morning that they had two call hens that they were bringing to the swap, but it was first come first serve and if I didn't get there fast they were selling them. Then about 20 minutes later they said that they sold them. Meanwhile, I couldn't even get the messages because I was out in the woods with no service. I was livid. A.) They specifically said I COULD HAVE THEM in late July or early August. and B.) They knew I'd be in Ohio!

So basically I got ducks that were already "mine" sold out from under me today when I was hours away and couldn't do anything about it. I've gotten screwed over many times by this person but this time I'm done.

That being said, I'm DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR CALL HENS. You guys don't even know how bad I want to get a few gorgeous hens and get revenge. I really need a white hen, but colors don't matter all that much to me. I have one of my good friends giving me some call eggs for my broody, and I'll keep the hens from those, but I want some sooner.

***If anyone knows any connections in Western PA or the surrounding area, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know.*** There's nothing I want more than to get some awesome girls ASAP to be like "fine, I got what I needed without you, I don't need you anyways". I'm looking to spend at MOST 35 per hen. I don't wanna do that whole shipping thing either, and I need adults.


PS I know I call them hens but they're really called ducks. It's a habit I can't break lol.

 

[buff goose guy]

Very sweet ducks/ducklings/dogs everyone!


On another note, I had arrangements to buy two call hens from someone that has repeatedly screwed me over. They were the only hens available and I'm desperate. Anywho, the person said they'd sell me the calls in late July-early August. A silver and a white hen, just what I wanted, and for cheap too. I told them I would NOT be at the swap this month because I'd be in Ohio (the swap was today). They messaged me on Twitter this morning that they had two call hens that they were bringing to the swap, but it was first come first serve and if I didn't get there fast they were selling them. Then about 20 minutes later they said that they sold them. Meanwhile, I couldn't even get the messages because I was out in the woods with no service. I was livid. A.) They specifically said I COULD HAVE THEM in late July or early August. and B.) They knew I'd be in Ohio!

So basically I got ducks that were already "mine" sold out from under me today when I was hours away and couldn't do anything about it. I've gotten screwed over many times by this person but this time I'm done.

That being said, I'm DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR CALL HENS. You guys don't even know how bad I want to get a few gorgeous hens and get revenge. I really need a white hen, but colors don't matter all that much to me. I have one of my good friends giving me some call eggs for my broody, and I'll keep the hens from those, but I want some sooner.

***If anyone knows any connections in Western PA or the surrounding area, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know.*** There's nothing I want more than to get some awesome girls ASAP to be like "fine, I got what I needed without you, I don't need you anyways". I'm looking to spend at MOST 35 per hen. I don't wanna do that whole shipping thing either, and I need adults.


PS I know I call them hens but they're really called ducks. It's a habit I can't break lol.

i can get you grey call hens if you dont mind a long drive

 

[chippysmom327]

Very sweet ducks/ducklings/dogs everyone!



On another note, I had arrangements to buy two call hens from someone that has repeatedly screwed me over. They were the only hens available and I'm desperate. Anywho, the person said they'd sell me the calls in late July-early August. A silver and a white hen, just what I wanted, and for cheap too. I told them I would NOT be at the swap this month because I'd be in Ohio (the swap was today). They messaged me on Twitter this morning that they had two call hens that they were bringing to the swap, but it was first come first serve and if I didn't get there fast they were selling them. Then about 20 minutes later they said that they sold them. Meanwhile, I couldn't even get the messages because I was out in the woods with no service. I was livid. A.) They specifically said I COULD HAVE THEM in late July or early August. and B.) They knew I'd be in Ohio!


So basically I got ducks that were already "mine" sold out from under me today when I was hours away and couldn't do anything about it. I've gotten screwed over many times by this person but this time I'm done.


That being said, I'm DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR CALL HENS. You guys don't even know how bad I want to get a few gorgeous hens and get revenge. I really need a white hen, but colors don't matter all that much to me. I have one of my good friends giving me some call eggs for my broody, and I'll keep the hens from those, but I want some sooner.


***If anyone knows any connections in Western PA or the surrounding area, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know.*** There's nothing I want more than to get some awesome girls ASAP to be like "fine, I got what I needed without you, I don't need you anyways". I'm looking to spend at MOST 35 per hen. I don't wanna do that whole shipping thing either, and I need adults.



PS I know I call them hens but they're really called ducks. It's a habit I can't break lol.

i can get you grey call hens if you dont mind a long drive 

The farthest I'd be willing to go is about an hour... :/

 

[buff goose guy]

lol never mind then it takes me an hour to get there and i live in the state