The Beauty of Ducks-Chat Thread

[Magnolia Ducks]

So from top to bottom we have Idgie my girl buff goose
All my ducks next to the pool
Skipper, Daisy, and Angle next to the pond
Peanut my male pekin duck
Peanut as a baby
Max my male Toulouse goose being a camera hog

Do they get in the pool?

 

[Table4Six]

She looks normal to me.....Possibly a clumsy Duck?

Well, neurological issues aren’t exactly visible disorders, but I do have some clumsy ducks

 

[chickens really]

Well, neurological issues aren’t exactly visible disorders, but I do have some clumsy ducks

Anyways? Why not ask @casportpony she will know..

 

[1goose2ducks]

No they do not actually I think they smell the clorine. My male goose fell in it when the pool was empty and a grebe got stuck in it to!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

No they do not actually I think they smell the clorine. My male goose fell in it when the pool was empty and a grebe got stuck in it to!

I've been terrified of goose poop in the pool. Down here we can't empty them so falling in empty should not be a problem.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had a Muscovy in her older years who had dementia or something else neurological going on. Sometimes she’d walk in circles and then lay down she didn’t do it a lot just ever so often. I guess just like some people ducks can get a form of dementia? I've had quite a few get to old age 10 and above and so far only this girl has shown this.

 

[Table4Six]

I had a Muscovy in her older years who was eithe senile or had something neurological going on. Sometimes she’d walk in circles and then lay down she didn’t do it a lot just ever so often. I guess just like some people ducks can get a form of dementia?

Very interesting. The only thing that wouldn’t fit is Mushroom’s age, she is less than a year and showing these symptoms.

 

[casportpony]

Anyways? Why not ask @casportpony she will know..

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

@Table4Six , Neurological disorders can be very hard to diagnose without the help of a veterinarian, but what you're describing does sound like it's a possibility. As for what specific disease could cause this, I have no clue.

 

[1goose2ducks]

We didn’t drain it we were just getting it built.

 

[onaharley]

@Table4Six Your hen is absolutely beautiful.

I thought about that after replying to your last post. I mean, I'm not at home so that I can go outside and listen to him, but I do think he has a voice that's a bit raspier than the girls. And I also looked up young drake coloration, and yeah, you're right! Enterprise is a drake!

I mean, even thinking about his behavior makes sense. He's very protective of the hens. The pictures I shared were from a couple weeks back when we were cleaning their enclosure. I was with them because hawks are a very real danger at my house - we have at least two resident hawks in the area and I think some eagles nest near our house - so I stayed with them in their temporary enclosure. We don't have a fence up and no leash laws locally mean there's a lot of dogs that roam around too. One of the hawks made a fly by, and he was the one who kept watch the entire time. He even kind of stood over them.

Just this morning my daughter also noticed him posturing around the pen. He was puffed up, walking in a circle around the pen while the others were all laid down or foraging.

There should be a German word for that feeling one gets when they are informed that they've been misgendering their favorite duck for ten months.

Welp! I see that I'm not the only one to get a screwed up order from metzers! My ducklings last year was supposed to two female Silver Appleyards. One passed in transit and the other turnout to be a male! I was so upset when found out 3 months later, but they did refund me my money....