Pekin Duck Club!

[Bird_Lady_26]

I did take her to the vet, I am trained as an avian vet tech., but I wanted my vet to see her before I tried to help Rose myself. It was very informative because of course there is some misinformation out there, so it was worth getting the straight answers from a professional. I will be draining the fluid myself today, but my vet confirmed it is a poor prognosis ultimately and we have no idea what is the cause. I don’t want to run a lot of tests because of the $. However, her quality of life is good right now so I think she can be stabilized and happy for the time being!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think as long as you can keep the fluid drained she’ll have a pretty good quality of life. Thanks for letting us know what you found out about her.

 

[Legacy Farms]

New Peking mom here. This is one of my 5 week old Pekings. Nap time!
Thanks for letting me sneak in to say hi!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh my gosh how absolutely adorable ❤

 

[RhoadesChicks85]

Not so much treats for little ducklings but as they get bigger they can get feeder fish, mealworms, peas, watermelon, and other fruits and veggies. There is a sticky in this forum dedicated to duck treats but the ones I listed are ones Soleil loves

Ducklings love romaine lettuce . I rip it up into pieces and feed it by hand or throw it in their swimming pool/bathtub. Only romaine though, I know there are some varieties that are not good for them like spinach. Or is too high in iron. They also like grapes, or berries. Smash the grapes a little or cut them into pieces. Like other birds and chickens. They also like mealworms! I have 2 Pekin males, Donald and Aflac. I adopted them as adults along with 2 female khakis. They had babies last summer that look like Black Swedish ducks. I had 1 khaki male and a mallard mix so there were 7 khaki, 13 Pekin/khaki cross and 1 almost all black female with mallard type wing markings.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They sure are pretty!

 

[Isaac 0]

 

[Legacy Farms]

Oh my gosh how absolutely adorable ❤

Thank you! They were out. Pretty sure it's because I decided to go sit in the coop with everyone. Every single bird promptly went to sleep. Guess they didn't care to socialize. They certainly appreciated it when I bailed their pool and refilled it. Once we get their run built they will have a bigger pool, probably more than one. Because I'm crazy & they are spoiled!

 

[Miss Lydia]

It’s so enjoyable to spoil them!

 

[Legacy Farms]

We went a little crazy on Friday when we went in for hay...we brought home 10 more ducklings. I wanted to get a couple Blue Indian Runners & Cayugas. We came home with 2 Blues, 2 Cayugas, 2 Fawn Indian Runners, and 4 Magpies. It's a good thing we live in a rural area and have acreage!