My Week Old Duck Is Huge!!? Is This Normal??

[talkhorsesducks]

I have a little yellow magpie/Ancona/khaki Campbell/welsh harlequin duckling his parents are ducks that I own. He was born last week. He’s healthy eating, running walking, but he’s insanely huge. I don’t remember my ducklings last year growing so fast and the other ducklings I have are older than him by a few days, but still much smaller.

 

[Callender Girl]

All my ducks are runners, so I don't know how big your boy should be, but he does look like a bruiser, doesn't he? Big, but beautiful, nonetheless.

 

[Miss Lydia]

He does look pretty good size. But absolutely

 

[talkhorsesducks]

He does look pretty good size. But absolutely

Ok, good thank you. The ducklings I have with him are fairly small- small but growing- that must be why he looks so big haha.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are they all the same breeds? Maybe this one takes after the larger of the breeds you have.

 

[talkhorsesducks]

Are they all the same breeds? Maybe this one takes after the larger of the breeds you have.

They aren’t. My little guys are definitely a smaller breed, and yes he’s definitely a much bigger breed. The combo makes him seem huge though haha.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Now we need to see this baby Hughy alongside the others.

 

[Lor]

He's so cute!
The one thing I remember about ducklings is how fast they grow. They seem to grow an inch every night.

 

[talkhorsesducks]

He's so cute!
The one thing I remember about ducklings is how fast they grow. They seem to grow an inch every night.

Thank you! Yeah they just sprout up!

 

[talkhorsesducks]

Now we need to see this baby Hughy alongside the others.