Gotta say our babies LOVE watermellon ... it has to be their favorite followed closely by steamed squash and zuccini!What a great thread, Pekin ducks are not boring at all! Ours have wonderful personalities and are already showing individual preferences and traits.
I read that it depends on how much carotene is in the ducks diet. The more carotene the more orange the bill. I could be wrong though, I'm new to ducks still. All of ours seem to have similar bill color...
It is funny that your pekins won't swim under water, ours love diving! Not as often as our cayugas, but they especailly love chasing after little goldfish. It is hillarious watching there butts. I think they just have the most funny bottoms! Our girl Dandelion was making a quack noise at a week old, loud and proud. I really enjoy how silly and clumsy they get when they are excited. If I have a tomato for them, it's like they get so excited they forget how to walk.
Here are my 3 Pekins Iris, Dandelion and Basil. They are 8 weeks old and I love them so much -
This is Iris, she is not as loud as Dandy but still quite vocal, she is always smiling, so pretty. She loves bananas and will ensure noone takes her peice, haha
This is Dandelion, when she was a week old her voice starting changing. She is one of our head ducks always making sure all 7 ducks or the other group is around. She is also very much imprinted onto both my husband and I. She always lets us know when she wants a treat or the water changed.
Basil, he is quiet, sweet and very clean. He only eats watermelon if it is cut so he won't get his chest pink.(everyone else just goes crazy for it cut in half) He tries to keep himself tidy even when he is foraging on rainy days. He often pairs up with Iris and they go off foraging together, two white butts making quiet chirping noises when they find a surprise!
