Let’s Talk Ducks

[Jenbirdee]

You have a beautiful duck flock! All have such happy faces you can see they enjoy their life.

So question...that feeding table, did you build that? Its soo cool and what a creative way to feed a larger flock.

Thank you so much. One of my daughters built it for me from a pallet

 

[Jenbirdee]

my chickens, geese and especially turkeys do the same. the fastest are turkeys, then indian runners followed by chickens and geese and the last ones are muscovy ducks as they are somewhat afraid of the crowded places.

Wow, OK so my chickens are probably just slow because they have to go down a ramp. And they are pretty large chickens. But my Geese don’t have to go down a ramp. Perhaps your Geese run out because they’re in the same building with the Ducks and all come out together?

 

[Birdlove2011]

Thank you so much. One of my daughters built it for me from a pallet

Thats awesome . lol I'm gonna have my husband build me one!

 

[Jenbirdee]

My ducks versus my chickens, coming out in the morning lol

 

[Birdlove2011]

My ducks versus my chickens, coming out in the morning lol

That was the best video ever. That had me rolling and laughing so hard. Just as you described it.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I like this new thread as I took home a rescue duck 2 weeks ago. It is a 5 week old black crested duck.
I just felt in my heart that I wanted to try to take care of a new species, or maybe just this animal in particular.

1. As I am brand new to raising ducks, I can't say what I love most yet, but I love how it follows me around when I'm outside and how I get cuddles from it when I pick it up. I'm not sure how long this stage will last, but the duck has imprinted on me.

2. So far, I prefer raising chickens because I am learning the duck ropes. The duck is getting used to being around 18 chickens and after our cold winter, I will hopefully get it a friend.

3. The duck is free ranging for now until we build a bigger run for all of the animals. We have a fenced in yard. I'm sure it will be able to fly in a few weeks though.

4. I am unaware of all the types of ducks but I saw a brown/grey type that has a iridescent blue/green shimmer stripe on their wings and will have to figure out what breed they are.

5. My duck is funny looking!
It's like others have posted, since it's a single duck, it comes to my back door and and continuously quacks to see if someone will come outside. I feel a bad for it when we're at work.

Last night, it didn't go to the coop, it hid in the tall weeds until I got home and sounded like a wimpering little puppy dog. I'm still training it to go to the coop on it's own.View attachment 4225914View attachment 4225915View attachment 4225916

Soooooo pretty and precious!!

 

[chickengr]

Wow, OK so my chickens are probably just slow because they have to go down a ramp. And they are pretty large chickens. But my Geese don’t have to go down a ramp. Perhaps your Geese run out because they’re in the same building with the Ducks and all come out together?

3 geese are with indian runners but the rest stay in a separate coop that is next to the other coops. I had 30+ geese (now I have 8 only). coops are on soil (walk in) so no ramps.

 

[chickengr]

My ducks versus my chickens, coming out in the morning lol

all of my poultry run like your ducks, lol. geese are a bit slower but still run fast. turkeys even fly, they leave ducks behind.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

If you’ve raised both ducks and chickens, which do you prefer—and why?

Ducks are horrible little goblins compared to chickens. Every morning at the crack of dawn my chickens fly down from the trees and start peacefully foraging. However the ducks come running up from the lake straight to my bedroom window and begin screaming at me to feed them

I don't see how you duck people can tolerate their behavior, unless of course you have them imprisoned somewhere that their noise and behavior don't cause problems

My ducks versus my chickens, coming out in the morning lol

Beautiful summary of behavioral differences

 

[chickengr]

Ducks are horrible little goblins compared to chickens. Every morning at the crack of dawn my chickens fly down from the trees and start peacefully foraging. However the ducks come running up from the lake straight to my bedroom window and begin screaming at me to feed them

I don't see how you duck people can tolerate their behavior, unless of course you have them imprisoned somewhere that their noise and behavior don't cause problems


Beautiful summary of behavioral differences

I love to hear my ducks. I sometimes hear them at night too.