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[Miss Lydia]

Great thanks for the help. We will start that today.

Keep us updated. and

what ever you use as far as antibiotic ointment be sure it doesn't have pain relief in it ending with caine.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here are some pictures of my pekins ( I believe they are all pekin). The first picture is our little Flower. She is 11 days younger than our 3 older babies and is currently being kept with 2 little mallards. I love the way her head looks when it's wet. The other two pictures are of our big babies (Tilly, Bert and Nugget) first time exploring outside for a few minutes. They really didn't like it. Hopefully we have another nice day soon so we can try it again. I am not sure why Tilly has a pink beak and the other two have orange beaks. I thought maybe she was not a pekin, but it appears they are all getting white feathers. So time will tell. I was hoping to get at least 1 buff, so it would be easier to tell them all apart.

How adorable all 4 lil peeps. and

 

[Cassie Collins]

Hello!!! I have two Pekins (Qwakrs and Chz) they are soooooo much fun to watch! I got them at TSC on 3/5/14 and to say they "grow like weeds" is an UNDERSTATEMENT of epic proportions!!! They are very skittish around all people and aren't very friendly with the 6 chickens they live with (all bought at the same time) but kept in separate brooders per instructions from the TSC employees. I think one of them is a boy (he honks) and the other is a girl (she squeaks/whistles but doesn't honk). Even though I have heard of people keeping their chicks and ducks together, I am considering separating them and giving them their own space .... but if I do it will be awhile.
I am told patience and consistency is the best with ducks ... but my two HATE to go into the coop at night and I don't know if it's they are too "top heavy" to walk up the ramp .... but they act like it's impossible, so I have to gather them up and put them in the coop! :/
So far, only my ducks like to eat treats as well as their food .... they like mealworms and "fancy" birdseed. I LOVE them and so happy to be a proud Pekin owner (even if they don't care for me too much) !!!!

I also hand feed mine chopped tomatoes ! I pet them a lot when they are eating, lol!! They don't want to leave their food for long, lol!!

 

[farmgirl360]

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[farmgirl360]

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[Mrs.H]

Hello everyone. I am a new pekin ducklings owner and I have done a lot of research on my babies before to be prepared, I was wondering if anyone could help me with a timeline on when to switch foods, move to a bigger home and when can I leave them outside to live in my backyard? I would also like some pointers on how to build a nice, comfortable, safe house for them in the back. I need pointers on these things because even though they're a week old they are growing so fast and I want to be ready. Thanks!

I was wondering the same thing about when to switch food! Did I miss the reply to this?? Mine are currently on Dumor Chick Starter 20% (un medicated) which says for chicks and ducks till 10weeks. BUT I have read different things online, like ducks should be switched to grower/finisher (Dumor is 15%) at 3 weeks, also read 5 weeks.

 

[Cassie Collins]

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[nate1the1great1]

I have a question my pekins are 2 and my Pekin stopped laying eggs the other day i know she's prob taking a brake but my parents said no more collecting eggs to put in bator ITS OVER STUFFED WITH DUCK GOOse and chickens so when she starts laying i wanted to know if it was safe to let her go broody cause i heard at Pekins aren't very good for broody because they leave the nest before they hatch soo is it true or would it b fine if i let her?

 

[Amiga]

I was wondering the same thing about when to switch food! Did I miss the reply to this?? Mine are currently on Dumor Chick Starter 20% (un medicated) which says for chicks and ducks till 10weeks. BUT I have read different things online, like ducks should be switched to grower/finisher (Dumor is 15%) at 3 weeks, also read 5 weeks.

I switched my runners starting at two weeks by slowly adding more grower to the starter till the starter was gone and it was all grower. That took about a week.

 

[Mrs.H]

I switched my runners starting at two weeks by slowly adding more grower to the starter till the starter was gone and it was all grower. That took about a week.

How long will you keep them on grower? Another feed question: can ducks get layer pellets or should it be layer crumble?