Pekin Duck Club!

[JadeComputerGal]

duckies you can not put ducklings in with JoJo you'll have to brood this duckling and introduce once she gets around 4 months old Drakes can injure and even kill ducklings. It's just the way they are. Not all but you don't want to take the chance.

I might have misread that. I saw ducklings then saw something about a Muscovy hen. I thought that meant she was trying to get an adult female.

@duckies1230 , if you meant you're looking at getting a female duckling, Miss Lydia is right in saying it can't go in with JoJo for months. A drake that size can snap the neck of a duckling before you can even reach out to stop it.

 

[lovelyducklings]

Here is marbles my two lovely older pekin ducks created this blessing

 

[Miss Lydia]

I might have misread that. I saw ducklings then saw something about a Muscovy hen. I thought that meant she was trying to get an adult female.

@duckies1230 , if you meant you're looking at getting a female duckling, Miss Lydia is right in saying it can't go in with JoJo for months. A drake that size can snap the neck of a duckling before you can even reach out to stop it.

I'm sorry JCG I miss read it she was talking about Ducklings then mentioned the Muscovy hen after. Sorry it's been a long day.

Even an adult female will have to be introduced to Jo Jo slowly over several days to weeks depending on how things go.

 

[duckies1230]

Do you mean work as far as size? It should. They're both in the same weight class. Just don't forget that their offspring won't produce other offspring. Don't forget Muscovys can fly and @Miss Lydia
has had to hose hers off the roof, and don't forget to segregate whatever you get for a couple of weeks if you get if from Facebook/CraigsList.

Can they still produce offspring? What would they be?, some Pekins, some Muscovy? I know to segregate the new one, but for how long?

 

[duckies1230]

I'm sorry JCG I miss read it she was talking about Ducklings then mentioned the Muscovy hen after. Sorry it's been a long day.

Even an adult female will have to be introduced to Jo Jo slowly over several days to weeks depending on how things go.

I don't want new duckings, I know it would take months before they could live together. I just figured if I had to take that route, I would do it soon so they could be ready by the time my baby is born in Feb, but I'm trying to find a female 3-5 months old so it wont take as much time

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Can they still produce offspring? What would they be?, some Pekins, some Muscovy? I know to segregate the new one, but for how long?

They can sometimes produce offspring, but the offspring can't produce offspring. They aren't just different breeds of ducks. It's kind of a like a horse and a donkey breeding, which produces a mule. The ducks you'd get from that are called hinnies, and they can't reproduce. The females from that will lay eggs, but those eggs won't produce ducklings.

As far as how long and how to separate, you'd want 2 weeks of no exposure if the new one doesn't come from an NPIP certified place or you aren't buying it from someone you know well. That's simply to avoid contagion that might not be evident at first, and you begin introductions afterward.

That being said, some people go out and buy new ducks and just plop them down among the existing ones, and it all works out fine. Honestly, it would probably be fine. I just don't take the chance myself.

 

[duckies1230]

They can sometimes produce offspring, but the offspring can't produce offspring. They aren't just different breeds of ducks. It's kind of a like a horse and a donkey breeding, which produces a mule. The ducks you'd get from that are called hinnies, and they can't reproduce. The females from that will lay eggs, but those eggs won't produce ducklings.

As far as how long and how to separate, you'd want 2 weeks of no exposure if the new one doesn't come from an NPIP certified place or you aren't buying it from someone you know well. That's simply to avoid contagion that might not be evident at first, and you begin introductions afterward.

That being said, some people go out and buy new ducks and just plop them down among the existing ones, and it all works out fine. Honestly, it would probably be fine. I just don't take the chance myself.

OK, I understand then. But what would the hinnies look like? Either parent? Oh my, would they be a mutation? That's what my husband keeps saying

 

[Miss Lydia]

OK, I understand then. But what would the hinnies look like? Either parent? Oh my, would they be a mutation? That's what my husband keeps saying

They would be beautiful https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/777988/mule-duck-breeding-plan

 

[fancychick1]

I have two female pekins that have been laying now for a little over a month. Ones eggs are normal size but the other ones eggs have been huge and have double yokes. Is this bad for them like with chickens if they do this for too long?

 

[duckies1230]

So 2 Muscovy females. I got a pic in my email but I can't seem to get it on here. They aren't quite 2 yrs old. I'm so excited!!!!