Pekin Duck Club!

[Julie Birb]

Can I join in. I have 4 pekin. I'm not sure of the sex. No drake curl yet.

Please join, welcome. Your ducks are adorable.

 

[freakshow5]

My new duck area.

 

[Amiga]

Yes!

 

[freakshow5]

Pekin in his private pool.

 

[Julie Birb]

Pekin in his private pool.

Cute duck inda pool.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My new duck area.

Looks great!!!

 

[JadeComputerGal]

My new duck area.

That is really nice!

 

[tmarr]

It looks brilliant!! Is that wire panels? Lots of room for lucky Pekins!! I'm in the middle of building mine, when funds allow lol!!

 

[DuckLuver99]

Thank you! .. Ok I am so glad I found this sight ~ I need some advise.. Ive been wanting to raise a pet Duck for sometime ~ but as you have stated, I have thought it cruel to not have a possible exit strategy for the duck should I .. ehhhum die... let alone all the other thing that can go wrong in life.. So ive been convinced that a pair of ducks is the way to go for sure.. I have been wondering though about imprinting and how important it is. So I've weighed my options, getting and hatching 2 eggs imprinting them to me and each other or as I live in a community with ducks running wild, were in litters of ducklings are born each month ~ meaning opportunities for orphaned ducklings happen all the time(THERES A MAJOR QUESTION COMING ~ PLZ KEEP READING NEED ADVISE).. Well it would seem mother nature made up my mind for me as I came across a mother with a compound wing brake ~ there is nothing I could or can do accept save her 2 of her 4 ducklings ~ a surrogate mother already got the other 2 as I went back to check on her today ~ shes dead. These Ducklings are the Yello and Black varity, highly domesticated bread. OK all that said I am estimating they are about 10 to 14 days old, as they are about 12 inch's long from bill to tail. My question was going to be is there any way they still can still imprint or change there imprint ~ some are saying yes but its rare and hard to accomplish? I see signs (Ive had them now for 4 days) after allot of intense handling feeding love and care that some "imprinted characteristics" are there.. That said though, I really see it when they are separated and rejoined ~ when separated they get very uncomfortable and SOS Churp.. There SOS churps change of course when they are re-united to a Gay 'A man im so glad to see you!! are you okay, let me check you out here, ok, how do I look?' type of chipping.. Luv it.. So They are imprinted on each other... What I did do though that's seemed to help quickly create a powerful connection (as in the beginning they were terrified of me) between me and the ducklings ~ was to separate them and rejoin them after 10 minutes or so but on my bare chest.. and talk very sweetly to them while doing so each time.. After a day of doing this about a dozen times they were sleeping on my neck by mid night.. I stopped that on day 2.. and after day 3 they give out a few dont leave me churps when I put them up.. So can anyone tell me whats going on here? Is it possible there is some imprinting going on here with them and me even after all this time? & OTHERWISE PLEASE TELL ME HOW IM DOING. Are these little guys good candidates for the ducks I always wanted even though I didnt hatch them? I WANT THE VERY BEST FOR THESE LITTLE GUYS. AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE'S.


~DuckLuver99

 

[duckies1230]

For those of you who don't go on the house duck thread... Here is my precious JoJo taking in his sweet life as a house duck!!! Lmao but now he's extremely attached to me which is good yet starting to be bad. But he's one of my kids, luv him whole heartedly. And I believe I might have found a pekin hen exactly his age! Yay!!! Maybe!!!