Moving ducks from backyard to stock tank

[Going Quackers]

Floating greenery is their most favorite "wild" staple food.

Yep, that is why they love when you float lettuce, peas etc.. some of mine desecrated a water Lilly in my pond last year, so apparently it's yummy too.

OP, ducks are MASSIVE routine animals changes to that, scares them, it takes time to adjust to new places, new things, i switched up a waterer design recently and they balked for a bit, many adults are in this flock and the waterer wasn't new just the method of my setting up. Patience, in time they will learn and come to enjoy the option.

 

[Ren2014]

One of their favorite foods is duckweed. That's why it's called duckweed, right? Floating greenery is their most favorite "wild" staple food.

Awh ha, I see now and will google duckweed right away

Thank you.

 

[Ren2014]

Yep, that is why they love when you float lettuce, peas etc.. some of mine desecrated a water Lilly in my pond last year, so apparently it's yummy too.

OP, ducks are MASSIVE routine animals changes to that, scares them, it takes time to adjust to new places, new things, i switched up a waterer design recently and they balked for a bit, many adults are in this flock and the waterer wasn't new just the method of my setting up. Patience, in time they will learn and come to enjoy the option.

I'm definitely going to start floating treats in water now. I wish mine would learn the routine to go inside at night and be quiet

 

[Amiga]

My runners spend the night in the walkout basement. They have some serious and animated discussions at all hours. I like being able to hear them.

 

[Going Quackers]

My runners spend the night in the walkout basement. They have some serious and animated discussions at all hours. I like being able to hear them.

Interesting, the few mallard derived i have usually don't.. the buffs will call to me if they hear my voice but for the most part all is quiet till morning.

 

[Amiga]

I often wake just briefly during the night when I hear the cats or ducks. Then I nod right back to sleep unless it's the sound of something going wrong. One night I went down to see what was going on, and it was Fünf, doing a fully dramatic egg laying. She paced around and wakked for 20 minutes. First this corner, then that, then telling one duck to move, then another. Finally, ta da! The egg. All done, quiet again.

 

[Going Quackers]

I often wake just briefly during the night when I hear the cats or ducks. Then I nod right back to sleep unless it's the sound of something going wrong. One night I went down to see what was going on, and it was Fünf, doing a fully dramatic egg laying. She paced around and wakked for 20 minutes. First this corner, then that, then telling one duck to move, then another. Finally, ta da! The egg. All done, quiet again.

LOL.. guess she wanted fan fare.

 

[Ren2014]

I often wake just briefly during the night when I hear the cats or ducks. Then I nod right back to sleep unless it's the sound of something going wrong. One night I went down to see what was going on, and it was Fünf, doing a fully dramatic egg laying. She paced around and wakked for 20 minutes. First this corner, then that, then telling one duck to move, then another. Finally, ta da! The egg. All done, quiet again.

 

[Cluckincanadian]

I am off topic but I have been trying to hatch my ducks eggs. No luck, nothing stsrts to grow. Is it possible the cold weather is affecting my drake? We got babies last year

 

[subhanalah]

I am off topic but I have been trying to hatch my ducks eggs. No luck, nothing stsrts to grow. Is it possible the cold weather is affecting my drake? We got babies last year

Have you checked the eggs to see if they are fertile?