peepsnquacks
In the Brooder
Hi Pekin Lovers!! I have found my place! haha
We started with six chicks our daughter wanted. Decided, might as well get a duckling each for our littlest children, ages 6 and 10. Well, the next day, we went back and got four more of those beautiful little yellow fuzzy babies...we just HAD to.
Since then, we've gotten up to a total of 27 chickens, and then our six Pekin babies. Well, not so much babies anymore! They are probably six weeks old? I need to look at when we got them, they might only be four weeks....anyway, BOY are they fast growers!!
We have four who have learned to "Quack" which is the most hilarious thing ever, if you've ever raised from babies you'll know what I mean....peep peep peep peep for weeks and then suddenly QUACK....and it's a pitiful quack, like a boy teen just getting his grown up voice....had me in tears laughing and of course I had to video.
They swim once a day and are let out to roam and eat plants and lie in the long grass which they love. In the pool we hand feed them mealworms, mixed veggies, peas...usually frozen on the veggies if it's a really hot day. They tend to pant a little after they've wandered. (We live in Central Florida)
They currently live in a hoop coop built by my hubby and two older teen daughters....with four "teenage" chickens, assorted, and six Leghorns, which are probably 3 weeks old? I'm really going to have to go back and figure out how old everyone is. They are all happy in there, they seem to self-segregate. The ducks do not bully the chicks, as long as I keep two feeders and two waterers in, then the ducks stay on their side and the chicks stay on theirs. I have not named them yet, as it is really difficult to tell them apart and probably always will be!! I still call them my little fuzzies. They are big fuzzies now! Growing tailfeathers, and wings, and almost all the way white!
I love love LOVE them, in case you couldn't tell....there are a couple photos on my profile, and I'll be adding more of all the chickens and the coop and the ducks as they are now, very soon, like in the next couple days!!
I'll be reading up on all these threads to see what kind of cool duck stories and good advice I can find!
Happy to have found you all. Thanks!!
PeepsnQuacks
xoxoxo
We started with six chicks our daughter wanted. Decided, might as well get a duckling each for our littlest children, ages 6 and 10. Well, the next day, we went back and got four more of those beautiful little yellow fuzzy babies...we just HAD to.
Since then, we've gotten up to a total of 27 chickens, and then our six Pekin babies. Well, not so much babies anymore! They are probably six weeks old? I need to look at when we got them, they might only be four weeks....anyway, BOY are they fast growers!!
We have four who have learned to "Quack" which is the most hilarious thing ever, if you've ever raised from babies you'll know what I mean....peep peep peep peep for weeks and then suddenly QUACK....and it's a pitiful quack, like a boy teen just getting his grown up voice....had me in tears laughing and of course I had to video.
They swim once a day and are let out to roam and eat plants and lie in the long grass which they love. In the pool we hand feed them mealworms, mixed veggies, peas...usually frozen on the veggies if it's a really hot day. They tend to pant a little after they've wandered. (We live in Central Florida)
They currently live in a hoop coop built by my hubby and two older teen daughters....with four "teenage" chickens, assorted, and six Leghorns, which are probably 3 weeks old? I'm really going to have to go back and figure out how old everyone is. They are all happy in there, they seem to self-segregate. The ducks do not bully the chicks, as long as I keep two feeders and two waterers in, then the ducks stay on their side and the chicks stay on theirs. I have not named them yet, as it is really difficult to tell them apart and probably always will be!! I still call them my little fuzzies. They are big fuzzies now! Growing tailfeathers, and wings, and almost all the way white!
I love love LOVE them, in case you couldn't tell....there are a couple photos on my profile, and I'll be adding more of all the chickens and the coop and the ducks as they are now, very soon, like in the next couple days!!
I'll be reading up on all these threads to see what kind of cool duck stories and good advice I can find!
Happy to have found you all. Thanks!!
PeepsnQuacks
xoxoxo