Should i teach my duck how to fly?

[WindingRoad]

What's SOH...I don't understand?....

Sense of Humor.

 

[sourland]

What part of 'NO' don't you understand ? He is a pekin - he will crash and conceivably be crippled for the rest of his life.

 

[chickens really]

Sense of Humor.

Oh......I don't mean to be funny but I do crack myself up at times...

 

[chickens really]

What part of 'NO' don't you understand ? He is a pekin - he will crash and conceivably be crippled for the rest of his life.

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[LilyPearl696]

What part of 'NO' don't you understand ? He is a pekin - he will crash and conceivably be crippled for the rest of his life.

oh.........well thank you

 

[WindingRoad]

Oh......I don't mean to be funny but I do crack myself up at times...

Even better. I try to have a SOH but get shot down mostly. It's in the genes. Mainah and all.

 

[CrystaBub]

@LilyPearl696 I'm glad he ate some duck soup, even if it was only the meal worms and tomatoes. It's better than nothing. Hopefully that will motivate his appetite. My ducks always eat the veggies and meal worms first from the duck soup - but I won't refill their bowl with anything until they've eaten the feed. I'd let it sit for a while and see if he will eventually eat the rest including the feed. Keep us posted. And on the flying - I have a Pekin and she tries to fly and then falls really hard - so I wouldn't encourage him to fly for any reasons. He may fly about 2 feet and that's about all he needs to fly if at all... Pekins aren't meant to fly so I don't think him not flying is making him sad. Better yet he probably just needs another duck to hang out with permanently.

 

[Brad Nimbus]

I think you're a sweetheart for thinking about what your bird would want. :~)

The fella in my profile and I would run down a small hill, flapping our wings and having a great time! I was well aware that he was unable to fly but he still enjoyed doing it!

 

[Miss Lydia]

My big Embden and my Toulouse goose love to play airplane take off on our long driveway. They just barely lift their feet off the ground but they love it.

 

[LilyPearl696]

@LilyPearl696 I'm glad he ate some duck soup, even if it was only the meal worms and tomatoes. It's better than nothing. Hopefully that will motivate his appetite. My ducks always eat the veggies and meal worms first from the duck soup - but I won't refill their bowl with anything until they've eaten the feed. I'd let it sit for a while and see if he will eventually eat the rest including the feed. Keep us posted. And on the flying - I have a Pekin and she tries to fly and then falls really hard - so I wouldn't encourage him to fly for any reasons. He may fly about 2 feet and that's about all he needs to fly if at all... Pekins aren't meant to fly so I don't think him not flying is making him sad. Better yet he probably just needs another duck to hang out with permanently.

thnx ....about the duck thing ill try my hardest to get him a mate since where im living its extremely hard to buy a duck....my lil boy is actually a rescue