Duck Lovers Unite! - *A Chat Thread*

[Duck_life]

Ouch!
Is this drake always mean, or just this once?

Always, now my female thinks she is a drake! She is following his lead and biting me, I think it is her only escape from him mating her . If she is nice to me, letting me pet her he runs after her, then if she chases me he will start chasing me to.

 

[quackiemama]

My beautiful, naughty babies! 2 Aylesbury ducklings (?), 2 Rouen duck - females, 1 Pekin duck - female, 1 African goose female, 3 Chinese goslings (? genders yet)

beautiful duckies!

 

[Claires Poultry]

Yeah, I love ducks! But to bad I don't have them yet. Once I get more room and maybe build a coop...I mean duck house,,,,,then.....

Thank you! I'll probably start my first flock next year. I'll get ducklings from TSC.

That's very eggciting! I pray you are able to get some ducklings next year. You are going to fall in love with them, Clucky. They are so loveable! I'm sure you'll love them to bits!

 

[Julie Birb]

I currently have:

• 3 black Muscovy drakes and 1 duck.

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• A pair of white muscovies.

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• A pair of Mallard coloured Aussie Call ducks.

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• 3 natural Mallard drakes, 4 natural Mallard ducks and a white mallard duck.

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• 2 Indian runner drakes and a duck.

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• 2 hybrid drakes.

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• 1 crossbred duck

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• And 4 Cayuga ducklings

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So that’s around 24 ducks. I also have a pair of Brown Chinese geese. All my birds in total (Ducks, Geese and Pigeons) is around 46.

I'm coming over now to cuddle and kiss your duck birbs.

 

[Julie Birb]

Between my chicken and ducks if your flying over in an airplane we probably look a lot like the moon with the craters we have. My geese are well behaved compared to the other two.

That is hilarious. I love your webbed excavators.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

That's very eggciting! I pray you are able to get some ducklings next year. You are going to fall in love with them, Clucky. They are so loveable! I'm sure you'll love them to bits!

 

[Miss Lydia]

That is hilarious. I love your webbed excavators.

Gotta love 'em Julie they are so funny!

 

[Claires Poultry]

I'm coming over now to cuddle and kiss your duck birbs.

Yeah! Me too! I'm coming too!

 

[Kiwibird]

I think that they both have fairly long feathers. My pekin drake and cayuga drake have long feathers. I too collect feathers fallen from my pekin but I haven't done anything with them yet. Pekins tend to have smaller wings then a cayuga though because they are such a heavy breed. I get pretty nice long feathers of my welsh harlequin drake as well. But I only collect the feather that fall off the ducks when they molt.

Thank you, @Cparrott!
Further feather info would be valued from everyone who has more than one breed of duck, and can therefore make feather length comparisons. I am looking for ducks with long body feathers.

 

[Kiwibird]

Always, now my female thinks she is a drake! She is following his lead and biting me, I think it is her only escape from him mating her . If she is nice to me, letting me pet her he runs after her, then if she chases me he will start chasing me to.

That's no fun at all. Maybe separate them and see whether she calms down, although if she is becoming broody she will get worse before she gets better.
A drake like that could be offered two choices: Be nice or be dinner.