Duckling necks

[Christine6404]

I brought home 3 pekin ducklings 2 weeks ago. Their necks are huge. Is something wrong with them?

 

[Christine6404]

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I brought home 3 pekin ducklings 2 weeks ago. Their necks are huge. Is something wrong with them?

I meant below their neck it’s like a big pouch.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I brought home 3 pekin ducklings 2 weeks ago. Their necks are huge. Is something wrong with them?

It is normal and by the looks of it they have been eating well. Ducks do not have a "crop" in the usual sense of a widened portion of their esophagus like their other avian counterparts. Instead, a ducks esophagus actually will expand to accommodate large amounts of food. This is due to their need in the wild to be able to eat what they can when food is found and leave quickly if a predator shows up. Here is an informational link, but just as a warning it does include actual pictures if a duck dissection which may put off some people.
https://campus.murraystate.edu/faculty/tderting/cva_atlases/canduck/digestsysduck.htm

 

[Isaac 0]

I agree, it's their crop. You'll notice it shrink down overnight, then begin to fill towards the evening.

 

[Christine6404]

It is normal and by the looks of it they have been eating well. Ducks do not have a "crop" in the usual sense of a widened portion of their esophagus like their other avian counterparts. Instead, a ducks esophagus actually will expand to accommodate large amounts of food. This is due to their need in the wild to be able to eat what they can when food is found and leave quickly if a predator shows up. Here is an informational link, but just as a warning it does include actual pictures if a duck dissection which may put off some people.
https://campus.murraystate.edu/faculty/tderting/cva_atlases/canduck/digestsysduck.htm

Thank you!