Pictures of my new duck, Yuna, and her boyfriend.

[aleciasayshii]

My precious little Mustard finally gets a girlfriend. It's been two days though and he STILL think's I'm his girlfriend. He's always after my feet trying to get frisky with them.
The poor guy didn't meet ducks n geese until he was 3 months. Now he's 5. Still doesn't really care for them.
He's so species confused, it's my fault

I drove out an hour to go get Yuna (we live in the city), a little female pekin... And she's silent the whole car ride. I'm not used to ducks running from me. (I only have one, I don't treat him like a duck and I baby him and spoil him and he loves me as well.) We get home and I stick her in the duck run and have a seat. My duck of course is outside roaming the backyard. He walks up to me, pays no attention to the duck in his house, rubs his neck all over me, wags his tail, and hisses all happy like. The other duck is quacking like a crazywoman. Ducks are illegal where I live. So of course I freak. SHES LOUD! I let her out hoping my duck pays some attention to her. When she got near him he hissed angrily and tried to protect me from her. There was absolutely no progress. Finally I went inside because if she quacked anymore someone was going to complain.

The next day (today) after they slept together at opposite ends of the little run (and she didn't lay ANY eggs. Which I'm hoping she will)... She began to follow him every where. He's finally started tolerating it. Then every few hours I'd check up on them, and they spent all day under the shed. I finally went to investigate and my duck comes out of course all excited about the world and Yuna runs to the other side. Eventually they both came out and played in the pool, and since Mustard has no fear of me Yuna gets a few feet from me. I can see it in her eyes. She's so curious and scared. I am not able to read her body language and voice though. I can read my other duck like a book. But she stumps me.

My question is... Will she lay eggs soon? Will my duck ever decide he is actually a duck, instead of a human? and, Will he mate with her, instead of thinking I'm his mate?



oh, and heres the pictures I promised.

Yuna

Mustard-What is that!!!

Mustard-MOM IM SCARED@#@%$%^$#

Mustard-Momma!!! What do I doooooo!

Mustard-Ewwww....

Mustard-Take one more step I dare you...




I think they make a cute couple, if only Mustard would realize he's not a human

 

[aleciasayshii]

Oh and here's some ones of just now!

 

[Cetawin]

Oh how precious. Lucky you. if I left mine out like that...they would not be there in the am. Too many predators around here.

 

[aleciasayshii]

Well Yuna doesn't listen to me.
Mustard does.
And then I hold the door open so Yuna will follow. And then Mustard thinks its time to leave.
Frustrating.

 

[Dances with Ducks]

She is a cutie, how old is she? They look like a good match size-wize. I think Mustard will eventually figure out an appropriate role with Yuna, but he may never forget how he feels about you. Remember ducks are . . . well . . . promiscious. Hopefully his feelings about your feet will subside a bit at least.
She will lay eggs sooner or later, if she is older than about twenty weeks she may start to lay as soon as she settles down from making this big change in her life. You will need to make sure she has enough calcium in her diet.

 

[rainplace]

I am so happy for Mustard!

 

[aleciasayshii]

Yeah they look about the same age. She's been loosing a few feathers so I'm assuming she just got done with her first molt too. So maybe they're about the same age?
Well I'm glad he won't forget me. I just want him to forget my feet

I've been trying to stray away from him so he gets the idea. It's hard though. I love that little guy to death.

 

[FenDruadin]

Don't worry about the laying--she will when she's settled in. My ducks take breaks from laying any time there's an upset in their routine, so a change of location would definitely cause a temporary stop.

If you really want to speed up bonding between the ducks, you might want to make yourself stop visiting except at feeding/cleaning time. If Mustard is lonely, he will be more likely to accept the advances of another duck. But he will probably bond with her eventually anyway.

They are very pretty.