Pekin Duck Club!

[CherokeeFlats]

Wow. Thanks for the quick replies. : D
Here is the photo of my first day of eggs:

Nice eggs.

 

[CherokeeFlats]

Here's a pic of me and our not so little Pekin Duckling, Woodstock.


He's only about 7 weeks old!!!! I'll have to get a better pic soon.

 

[zbraswell92]

I used to have two Pekin ducks that I bought from TSC along with four mallards (wish I didn't get the mallards...

) I tried everything to tame the mallards and nothing worked. Because my Mallards were so wild, my Pekins became wild. We tried to free range them one day and two of my mallards flew away and only one came back. We think something attacked them because the one who came home was twice as scared as he was before. My Pekins we a male and a female. I could catch them occasionally, but they used to freak out. We re-homed all of the ducks a year ago when we moved to a smaller farm. I really want ducks again (Just Pekins this time) but my mom refuses to let me get them again. She thinks that the next ones will end up just as wild as our last ones were. I'll be old enough to get a job next summer, and I plan on saving up some money to build a duck coop and get two or three Pekins again. The only problem is that we rent our house, and our landlord already doesn't like how many chickens we have running around

To help convince my mom to let me get some Pekins next year, how easy is it to tame a Pekin duck? I keep telling her that it's because we raised them with Mallards that they are so wild, but she is convinced that all Pekin ducks are hard to tame.

That's strange? I bought 2 lil mallards from TSC about a week ago and they are SUPER tame! They love me. They snuggle with me and eat out of my hands. They are named Pipp & Squeek. So when I call them I just yell, 'PipSqueek!' They come running... well waddling, over to greet me. I love them so much. I got them so my male Pekin, Guy, would have some company. I also got 17 duck eggs in the incubator now.

 

[duckylove2]

I just got two pekin duckling two weeks it has been difficult to get them to not be scared of us any suggestion on how to tame them. Also, what is the best type of feed to give them ?

 

[Apyl]

Here's a pic of me and our not so little Pekin Duckling, Woodstock.


He's only about 7 weeks old!!!! I'll have to get a better pic soon.

I love how big they get so fast. Also Hi

I use to go to Farmer City every summer when we would camp at Clinton Lake .

 

[Apyl]

I just got two pekin duckling two weeks it has been difficult to get them to not be scared of us any suggestion on how to tame them. Also, what is the best type of feed to give them ?

In order to tame them they have to be held from day 1. Hold them, talk to them, interact, give treats while holding them. My ducks LOVE thawed frozen peas.

 

[duckylove2]

Thank you for your reply. We hold them and play with them everyday hopefully they will start trusting us soon.... What other foods do you feed your ducks

 

[Apyl]

Thank you for your reply. We hold them and play with them everyday hopefully they will start trusting us soon.... What other foods do you feed your ducks

At two weeks old, I just fed them flock raiser and peas with the occasional piece of bread during bath time. Now that my flock is all grown they get feed, corn, scratch, dinner leftovers, and veggie scraps. Oh and egg shells.

 

[DenverDucky]

Po's first egg was smaller like a chicken egg but thicker shell. Here is a pic of the eggs I got this morning.



Pekin egg , Mallard egg, Ancona chicken egg

Beautiful variety!

Wow. Thanks for the quick replies. : D
Here is the photo of my first day of eggs:

That's a beautiful shot!

Here's a pic of me and our not so little Pekin Duckling, Woodstock.


He's only about 7 weeks old!!!! I'll have to get a better pic soon.

Hah the grow way too fast! He's a cutie!!!

I just got two pekin duckling two weeks it has been difficult to get them to not be scared of us any suggestion on how to tame them. Also, what is the best type of feed to give them ?

Lots of holding, cuddling, treats, the have to learn that they can trust you! How old were they when you got them?

 

[duckylove2]

they were just a few days few days old