Pekin Duck Club!

[Debs Flock]

Here are my babies that are 7 weeks old!

Gorgeous! Welcome to BYC!

 

[Sarkchick]

Ducks can lay more than one egg in a day?  I thought this was not possible.

I have no idea. That's why I ask. I have gotten 5 eggs with only 4 female ducks. They are penned from 6:30pm till 6:30am and lay in heavy rubber feed tubs. They have straw in them which I totally change every morning. So I know all 5 were laid one morning. If anyone knows differently, please let me know

Linda

 

[msquill]

We have 12 chicks and 2 ducklings. We bought the chicks at TSC about one month ago, and the ducklings, also from TSC, one week later. These 14 birds get along well and seen to function as a flock. One duckling is a Rouen female (she has her feathers, and is colored like a female) the other is a Pekin. I think the Pekin is a girl because she had most of her feathers and has not developed Drake feathers.

Yesterday, my husband bought 10 Easter Eggers chicks from the chicken auction, and this morning he bought 2 ducklings from TSC. The new chicks are probably about a week or so old. I'm guessing based on wing feathers. The chicks are starting to get wing feathers. I have no idea how old the ducklings are. They are about the same size as the new chicks.

Today, I took the new chicks and the new ducklings outside and let them play in the baby pen. They were separated from our older birds by a fence. The older birds didn't pay much attention to the new babies. After a few hours my husband took one of the older pullets and put here in the pen with the new chicks. All went well, and he took the pullet out of the baby pen. Then he put the female Rouen in the pen. The Rouen ran from the babies, and stayed away from them until he took her out. He put the Pekin in with the babies next. The Pekin reacted the same way. Neither older duck wanted anything to do with the baby chicks, or the new ducklings.

Later, he decided to take a baby duck from the baby pen and take it into where the older birds were playing.

The older chickens didn't really react but, The Pekin duck chased and snapped at the baby duck. The baby wasn't hurt, since my husband was right there. He then put the baby back in the baby pen.

So.. My question is how long will it take for the older ducklings to accept the babies?

The older birds are all in the coop, while we're keeping the new babies in a brooder in the house.

This is our first flock.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

 

[PouleNoire]

I think the older birds will learn to accept the babies as part of the flock overtime, we just got 2 baby Pekins at TSC this year too, we have not tried to put them with the older chickens yet, if they turn out to be males we will keep them separate since male ducks can hurt chickens, we are still figuring out what and where to put their housing...ours are 4 weeks old now, we will introduce them to the chickens closer when they are around 6 weeks and old enough to stay outside permanently, we are new to ducks, maybe someone that has had experience can give you better information. Ducks are awesome, enjoy them!

 

[Miss Lydia]

We have 12 chicks and 2 ducklings. We bought the chicks at TSC about one month ago, and the ducklings, also from TSC, one week later. These 14 birds get along well and seen to function as a flock. One duckling is a Rouen female (she has her feathers, and is colored like a female) the other is a Pekin. I think the Pekin is a girl because she had most of her feathers and has not developed Drake feathers.

Yesterday, my husband bought 10 Easter Eggers chicks from the chicken auction, and this morning he bought 2 ducklings from TSC. The new chicks are probably about a week or so old. I'm guessing based on wing feathers. The chicks are starting to get wing feathers. I have no idea how old the ducklings are. They are about the same size as the new chicks.

Today, I took the new chicks and the new ducklings outside and let them play in the baby pen. They were separated from our older birds by a fence. The older birds didn't pay much attention to the new babies. After a few hours my husband took one of the older pullets and put here in the pen with the new chicks. All went well, and he took the pullet out of the baby pen. Then he put the female Rouen in the pen. The Rouen ran from the babies, and stayed away from them until he took her out. He put the Pekin in with the babies next. The Pekin reacted the same way. Neither older duck wanted anything to do with the baby chicks, or the new ducklings.

Later, he decided to take a baby duck from the baby pen and take it into where the older birds were playing.

The older chickens didn't really react but, The Pekin duck chased and snapped at the baby duck. The baby wasn't hurt, since my husband was right there. He then put the baby back in the baby pen.

So.. My question is how long will it take for the older ducklings to accept the babies?

The older birds are all in the coop, while we're keeping the new babies in a brooder in the house.

This is our first flock.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Your new babies need to be same size as your older ones before they should live together. Let them visit through fencing daily so they all get use to each other but the older ones can't chase or harm the newest flock members. It takes time but they will accept them. You could try daily tossing treats on the ground and letting them all be together then but never leave the young ones alone with the older ones.

Welcome to BYC @msquill

 

[Amiga]

We have 12 chicks and 2 ducklings. We bought the chicks at TSC about one month ago, and the ducklings, also from TSC, one week later. These 14 birds get along well and seen to function as a flock. One duckling is a Rouen female (she has her feathers, and is colored like a female) the other is a Pekin. I think the Pekin is a girl because she had most of her feathers and has not developed Drake feathers.

Yesterday, my husband bought 10 Easter Eggers chicks from the chicken auction, and this morning he bought 2 ducklings from TSC. The new chicks are probably about a week or so old. I'm guessing based on wing feathers. The chicks are starting to get wing feathers. I have no idea how old the ducklings are. They are about the same size as the new chicks.

Today, I took the new chicks and the new ducklings outside and let them play in the baby pen. They were separated from our older birds by a fence. The older birds didn't pay much attention to the new babies. After a few hours my husband took one of the older pullets and put here in the pen with the new chicks. All went well, and he took the pullet out of the baby pen. Then he put the female Rouen in the pen. The Rouen ran from the babies, and stayed away from them until he took her out. He put the Pekin in with the babies next. The Pekin reacted the same way. Neither older duck wanted anything to do with the baby chicks, or the new ducklings.

Later, he decided to take a baby duck from the baby pen and take it into where the older birds were playing.

The older chickens didn't really react but, The Pekin duck chased and snapped at the baby duck. The baby wasn't hurt, since my husband was right there. He then put the baby back in the baby pen.

So.. My question is how long will it take for the older ducklings to accept the babies?

The older birds are all in the coop, while we're keeping the new babies in a brooder in the house.

This is our first flock.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

I have heard it is a good idea to wait till the littles are at least as tall as the older ducks, and to supervise closely, taking it slowly.

 

[tracyjg]

I have a question for people: we had gotten the id tags and put on chickens. But one of my chicken had gotten badly hurt. Some how she had moved it up to the knee area. And she had gotten it stuck thru the bone of the knee. We got it out. We put med on her and wrapped the leg with bandages. We tried to put her inside in sick bay. But wants nothing to do with it. She happier with her flock outside. She can still walk jump.has a limp and picks foot up. We also have ones with numbers. My partner doesn't want any of it on birds. So how do we tell difference with less injuries

 

[tracyjg]

We like to also tell the ducks apart with no injuries.

 

[tracyjg]

 

[tracyjg]