SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MallardNight3]

Apart? As in Male or Female? At about 8 weeks you can tell by the voice if they are male/female. The female will make a definite "quack", loud, the boys will kinda hiss, quietly.
Hope this helps.

Awesome thanks mine is still a baby

 

[MandyJ]

Awesome thanks mine is still a baby

Once you start hearing them make noises other than peeping, it will take you a while to figure out what you are hearing. But eventually you'll be able to tell. Good luck! This is an exciting time, figuring out if you have eggs or not! LOL

 

[Tevyes Dad]

Apart? As in Male or Female? At about 8 weeks you can tell by the voice if they are male/female. The female will make a definite "quack", loud, the boys will kinda hiss, quietly.
Hope this helps.
Ha Ha I answered this twice, once from the Pekin thread. Sorry!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1073315/voice-sexing-your-mallard-derivative-duck

My second post of this as well

 

[alyssa770]

Hi everybody I am new to this forum my name is Alyssa and I'm from Minnesota and I have a question about ducks I have 6 baby duck that are going to hatch on the 3rd of April and are being mailed to me and each duckling is going to become a pet for me and my boyfriend and our 4 children. What do I need to know about having them as pets? We have to Jumbo Pekin and black Swedish we are very excited we have a baby starter kit that has feed and the baby diaper harnesses which diaper harnesses would you guys recommend after they are bigger or even now?

 

[Sarahsadness]

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[Amiga]

Hi everybody I am new to this forum my name is Alyssa and I'm from Minnesota and I have a question about ducks I have 6 baby duck that are going to hatch on the 3rd of April and are being mailed to me and each duckling is going to become a pet for me and my boyfriend and our 4 children. What do I need to know about having them as pets? We have to Jumbo Pekin and black Swedish we are very excited we have a baby starter kit that has feed and the baby diaper harnesses which diaper harnesses would you guys recommend after they are bigger or even now?

Welcome to Duckdom!

I would set up the brooder, with a safe thermometer in there, I would put a wet towel in the brooder, turn on the heat, and make sure you can keep the brooder the proper temperature.

I would have gro-gel on hand, and sav-a-chick, and poultry vitamins with electrolytes and probiotics.

Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks is a good book. More expensive, but more comprehensive for pet ducks, is the Ultimate Pet Duck Guidebook. Disclosure - I support the Majestic Waterfowl sanctuary, and money from the sale of the book goes to the sanctuary. I do not receive anything from them other than notes of thanks.

And there is a sticky, here, on Raising Ducklings. The Sticky link is at the top of the Duck Forum index in blue.

Here is the Raising Ducklings link. But I want you to know about the Stickies. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/750869/raising-and-caring-for-ducklings#post_10611711

 

[Amiga]

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Pretty white feathers. Snow.

 

[alyssa770]

Thank you where do get all that stuff? The save a chick? Can ducklings have it?

 

[Amiga]

Thank you where do get all that stuff? The save a chick? Can ducklings have it?

Often you can find that at a feed store (call ahead). Or you can find it online.

 

[MandyJ]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1073315/voice-sexing-your-mallard-derivative-duck

My second post of this as well

I have one question....How do you guys keep the ducks from pooping in your bathtub????!!! My ducks get into clean water and SECONDS later, they poop! Your boys were in your tub for quite a while and never pooped! Is it a boy thing that they keep the water clean???

Thanks!
Mandy