Welcome! Your pekins are so cute! Do they have names yet? How did you come across them? So adorable!New to ducks! I'm enjoying looking at everyone's pictures and reading the stories! I can't believe I haven't had ducks sooner!....having a blast! I got 2 Pekin babies a week ago Wednesday and another yesterday. I can't believe how fast they grow!
future duck playground right by the house and barn....I hope they like it!
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Go on and have fun naming them! Everyone has or has had one named a different gender name. For us, we knew when we were naming them that there was no way to know what they would turn into. DH still had his names picked out before we even got them home. We have Jake, a female rouen; also had Bonnie a rooster. You could always choose non-gender specific names. So go ahead, have fun with it! It will help them get to know their names to hear them while they are growing. If I step outside right now and holler Butter that duckie will fluff up like no ones business..
Have you tried giving him treats?
Hah how fun!Went out and cleaned the Ducks water tub out. Boy was that nasty... but after fresh water and some playin' in the mud, My male, Linus, decided it was bath time.....
He's white again... for now.
As to his tripping over his feet...he could have not had enough niacin as a duckling...it is very important to their development. He could of also had an injury in the past that just caused him to walk funny. Is he crested? Crested- has a poof of feathers on his head? This can cause defects in the ducks development. We have a crested Rouen and she weeble wobbles around. Like DenverDucky said start giving him niacin in his food. We get brewers yeast and sprinkle a small amount on their food. If you have checked thoroughly for injuries and swelling and he seems fine then I wouldn't worry too much. (please note these are just some possibilities, i am by no means an epert). Or he just could have been born this way and always walked in this manner.
