Good pet ducks?

[SuperDuck]

Love our Jumbo Pekin clowns. Whenever we are cranky and grumpy, we just sit and watch them and their antics and can't help but laugh and smile.

And I mean, what is cuter than a little duck lovin snuggles?

 

[Jpat]

Love our Jumbo Pekin clowns. Whenever we are cranky and grumpy, we just sit and watch them and their antics and can't help but laugh and smile.

And I mean, what is cuter than a little duck lovin snuggles?

best pictures ever!

 

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Snuggly ducks have always managed to melt my heart so easily. If none of the Muscovies I get in the future wind up being cuddly I'll have to find myself a snuggle duck of another breed.

When I was a little kid I encountered what I now believe was of the Pekin breed. Someone had abandoned himat a lake within a public park. He had obviously been raised a pet, as he was so friendly he walked over to me and just let me pick him up like we'd done that a thousand times. He had some kind of neurological damage and had trouble with his gait, but he was incredibly sweet and loved to be pet and held.

I was worried about him having such a hard time getting around, and that the rampant predators would get him, so I took him home with me and kept him so I could care for him. He was an absolute darling and an utter ham. Unfortunately he didn't make it a long time, dying in his sleep one night. I was so upset when he died. I had come to really love that sweety duck.

Knowing what I now do, he probably was fed something neurotoxic and the owner just didn't want to deal with his troubles so they ditched him. I miss the fluffy goof ball to this day.

Thinking back to him I wonder... Maybe my ideal snuggle duck is a Pekin after all.

 

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By the way, @SuperDuck I love your avatar. =)

 

[thumper650]

My Pekins are pretty friendly, they'll let me pat their fronts, and they always eat from my hands. They don't like being handled, but never bite me.
Mine have a checkered past, they were surrendered (the story is they were deprived of water) to a shelter, split from some siblings then I got them.
I'm sure if I had raised them as babies they'd be friendlier.

 

[SuperDuck]

best pictures ever!

Oh here's more where those came from!

Most people have pictures of their kids and family on their phones. I have ducks. Once in awhile a kid sneaks in the picture

 

[SuperDuck]

By the way, @SuperDuck I love your avatar. =)

Thanks! Their favorite thing to do is snuggle with "Daddy"

 

[FunQuail]

Thank you all so much! I think I'll get Pekins!
Do you all know what breed would be the healthiest? I'm just kind of curious.
Thanks and have a wonderful day!

 

[thumper650]

Thank you all so much! I think I'll get Pekins!
Do you all know what breed would be the healthiest? I'm just kind of curious.
Thanks and have a wonderful day!

Don't get jumbo pekins, they can have leg problems and don't live too long, since they're bred for food. No first hand experience here, just what I've read.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thank you all so much! I think I'll get Pekins!
Do you all know what breed would be the healthiest? I'm just kind of curious.
Thanks and have a wonderful day!

My muscovy routinely live to 12-14 years of age without any health problems.