Pet Ducks Dumped in Neighborhood Pond, Help?

Miss Lydia · Apr 4, 2019

The boys might work out if they can’t see the females . Females always do fine together. I just don’t know if that would be ideal for you all. You don’t think Fergus would like to have a few more females?

SansDuck · Apr 4, 2019

Miss Lydia said:
The boys might work out if they can’t see the females . Females always do fine together. I just don’t know if that would be ideal for you all. You don’t think Fergus would like to have a few more females?

I'm sure Fergus would love more females, i guess I worried myself by reading to many BYC threads.

My main concern is that Fergus will still prefer Downy over the other females, and my second concern is what if the ancona or WH are to small for the pekin breed?

I don't think Downy and Fergus are jumbo pekins, but would a medium size breed like anconas and WHs be okay mating with a large breed like a pekin?

Fergus also has one wing shorter then the other wing, would that cause him to be less aggressive while matting?

And I guess another reason we were thinking of a buddy system was because the WH is turning out to be super pretty, and of course everyone in the house is favoring that duckling.

I personally like the anconas lol

Anyways snice everyone likes the little WH, I told them you better hope it's a girl and they asked me if we could keep one male duckling, one female. I told them no, unless we want to get a ton of females for both drakes.

So that's what made me come up with the idea of sperate pens/housing, buddy system.

But honestly, I wouldn't want to sperate Downy and Fergus anyway as they have been together their whole lives.

So let's just hope the Welsh Harlequin turns out to be a girl.

Sorry for all of the questions, I know these are concerns I dont need to worry about until later on but I just tend to worry.

Miss Lydia · Apr 4, 2019

It’s a lot to think about and your just showing you care and want this to work. Best thing to do now is enjoy those babies won’t be long before you’ll know female / drake then you’ll have some decision to make. For now just try to enjoy.

SansDuck · Apr 18, 2019

Hey everyone,

All the babies are doing fantastic, though i did have a quick question.

When can the babies be with Downy and Fergus without separation? They are currently at the end of their seventh week, going to be eight weeks in a few days.

Miss Lydia · Apr 19, 2019

Only problem I see is Fergus being hormonal he may try and mate with the young ones. I’d separate the pen so the ducklings are on one side the adults on the other you may have to keep bringing them in at night or putting another house in for them but you don’t want Fergus to be able to injure one by mating. You want to make a meet and greet area any way. More pics please hearing quacks yet?

McChics · Apr 19, 2019

I've enjoyed reading through this thread. I also love to see how you are having such a great learning curve...and pretty soon will be teaching us what to do. My little ducks are about four weeks or so old now and getting more fun by the day.

SansDuck · Apr 27, 2019

Miss Lydia said:
Only problem I see is Fergus being hormonal he may try and mate with the young ones. I’d separate the pen so the ducklings are on one side the adults on the other you may have to keep bringing them in at night or putting another house in for them but you don’t want Fergus to be able to injure one by mating. You want to make a meet and greet area any way. More pics please hearing quacks yet?

Yes, we are getting some quacks at least we think we are.
We got some video picking up each one individually today.

Ducking #1

Duckling #2

Duckling #3

Duckling #4 &#5

Duckling #6

It might be to early to say, but I think we have three females and three males.

But besides that, they all seem healthy and happy.

SansDuck · Apr 30, 2019

@Miss Lydia @Cayuga momma

Sorry i haven't posted in a while, the little babies are nearly at the end of their eight week. Here are some pictures taken a few days ago, everyone is becoming big and loud.