Pekin Duck Club!

[dan26552]

Is it hogging all the feed?  lol

I don't think so, they have a chick feeder so it would be hard for it to hog the feed.

 

[MandyJ]

Yeah, there's one that's almost twice the size of the oldest and it was one of the last to hatch

Could it be a jumbo pekin?

 

[dan26552]

Could it be a jumbo pekin?

I don't think any of our pekins are jumbos, our male is only slightly bigger than the hens and none of them seem huge.

 

[dan26552]

Lord Farquack (pekin Drake) is the one in front of and to the right of King leon, the mallard. There are two blue Swedish and a black Swedish behind him as well as the other pekins.

 

[MandyJ]

I don't think any of our pekins are jumbos, our male is only slightly bigger than the hens and none of them seem huge.

My jumbo Pekin was a lot larger, it was a hen, and when she molted into her teen feathers they were cream, not white! When she was grown (6 months) she was significantly larger than the "regular" Pekin. I ordered them, she was supposed to be a regular, but I think she was a jumbo. She was just too big to be a regular Pekin. But I don't KNOW for sure.
Mandy

 

[dan26552]

My jumbo Pekin was a lot larger, it was a hen, and when she molted into her teen feathers they were cream, not white! When she was grown (6 months) she was significantly larger than the "regular" Pekin. I ordered them, she was supposed to be a regular, but I think she was a jumbo. She was just too big to be a regular Pekin. But I don't KNOW for sure.
Mandy

Ah.

 

[dan26552]

 

[dan26552]

So today I thought I'd let the moms and babies out for a bit. I opened their house and as soon as I was deemed far enough away mama #1 ran off to the pool (can't blame her she hasn't had a swim or bath in a week) leaving the babies with mama #2 who has taken over sitting on the unhatched eggs (they collected eggs after I gave them the first ones) anyway mama #1 finished her bath and the proceded to patrol the free range area while keeping an eye on the sky, after she deemed it safe she ran back and took over the ducklings again and took them out for about 2 minutes before herding them back in.

 

[Miss Lydia]

So today I thought I'd let the moms and babies out for a bit. I opened their house and as soon as I was deemed far enough away mama #1 ran off to the pool (can't blame her she hasn't had a swim or bath in a week) leaving the babies with mama #2 who has taken over sitting on the unhatched eggs (they collected eggs after I gave them the first ones) anyway mama #1 finished her bath and the proceded to patrol the free range area while keeping an eye on the sky, after she deemed it safe she ran back and took over the ducklings again and took them out for about 2 minutes before herding them back in.

Good mamas taking care of their ducklings..

 

[dan26552]

Good mamas taking care of their ducklings..

Yeah.