Pekin Duck Club!

[MandyJ]

I am new here. We just got two baby pekin ducks. We are making plans to build them a house for at night that we can close up to protect them from predators and they will free range during the day (fenced 2 acre). My question is how tall should the house be? And how big of a door?

Good advice from others, just be sure you can get into the house to clean it. We use a dog crate that my husband put hinges on the top so I could open it to clean it out. Works great! Good luck! Enjoy they grow up quick!!

 

[lovemy mallards]

Do you give them time in brooder-temperature water up to their bellies - no soap - daily?  They also need to be able to dip their entire heads in water to keep their eyes, ears and nares clean.  Otherwise they can get infections.  There are instructions for head washers in the archives.  

Orca5094 just posted this in the Sick Duck? thread

[COLOR=454434] Ducks must have water deep enough to dip their heads and clear out their nares at all times. Ducklings get food stuck in their nares quite frequently and if they cannot properly blow it out of their nares, it can become dried and stuck in there and cause open-mouth breathing because they can't get enough air in through their blocked nares. Do they get bath time every day? That is also a good opportunity for them to really blow out their nares. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=454434]You can also make them a deeper waterer by getting an old plastic food container with a lid. Cut a hole in the lid just big enough for them to get their heads in so they can wash their eyes and blow out their nares. You don't want the hole big enough for them to get their bodies in, though. They will just get themselves and the brooder soaking wet and will chill quickly, which is life-threatening to little ducklings. [/COLOR]

this is one of them and we do everything you said in the post they a growing fast and they act great.

 

[BullChick]

And the saga continues... I'm being told that while it isn't known "why" the ducklings are spotted on their heads, they are 100% Pekin. It just happens sometimes.

 

[lovemy mallards]

here's a couple pictures of the babies

 

[Amiga]

here's a couple pictures of the babies

 

[lovemy mallards]

they are very sweet

and they are growing way to fast

 

[Debs Flock]

this is one of them and we do everything you said in the post they a growing fast and they act great.

here's a couple pictures of the babies

Adorably precious babies!

Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[DisneyGal25]

Awee, it's a loner???

No we came home with a free chick when we bought it. The chick has now been rehomed and we got another duckling (we aren't sure what breed).

 

[tracyjg]

Snowflake went broody on new eggs again. Their in the dog house in the corner where I can't see them.

 

[tracyjg]