The Buff Orpington Duck Thread

[MissusDee]

I live on the East Coast and got them from Metzers. Were shipped Monday, and I got them Wednesday morning bright and early.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Mezter ships all the time. Should be no issue to ship to Georgia. if you want to start with hatching eggs, we have listings on several auction sites for ours. Their photos are in post #1 of this thread. If ducklings is what you want, Metzer is closer to the Standard of Perfection. Ideal Poultry would be my second choice. No third choice unless a local breeder ahd some available.

and welcome to the forum!

 

[bopeep]

It's not just the shipping to Georgia, but I'm in a rural area north of Atlanta. I'll have to find out how they ship. The 2 day turn-around sounds good, but it may be 3 days to get to my area.

 

[hippiehen]

I have a story about my buff duck!

Like most people, I had an excess of drakes compared to hens and the boys were getting a little too "rowdy" for me. On wednesday I took one of my buffs and a rouen drake two and a half miles up the pasture road, over hill and dale I might add, to my parents lake to re-home them. (Now, before you get all up in arms - they have shelter and there's already muscovies up there that are penned each night. I didn't just abandon them!) They were very happy with their new swimming hole... or so I thought.

Today, I get home from work and guess who is swimming in his old pool? That's right, the buff! He walked 2 and a half miles this morning! I am so impressed with the little bugger that of course he's staying!

Meet Traveller:

This picture is from last summer - now he's a year old!

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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It is most likely the ducklings would ship via air to the Atlanta airport mail facility. You could arrange to pick them up at that facility. Would save a day in the mail. You can request Metzer add feeding gel to the box for a small fee. Mother Nature designed baby birds to obsorb the egg into them and provide nuritment for about 72 hours. They should be fine.

 

[MjChickens]

I have these two posted to see if they are Buffs, I bought them as Khaki Campbells. And from what I can see the leg coloring is not the same. What do y'all think?

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Where did you get them?

Their plumage color looks Buff, but Buff should have Orange shanks and feet and the bill should be yellow in the drake and brownish orange, with dark bean in the duck. These appear to be either hatchery stock or a mix of breeds.

 

[MjChickens]

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Where did you get them?

Their plumage color looks Buff, but Buff should have Orange shanks and feet and the bill should be yellow in the drake and brownish orange, with dark bean in the duck. These appear to be either hatchery stock or a mix of breeds.

I bought them off of craigslist, Being new to the duck world I took the word of the sell that they were KC's. Now my problem lies with I have KC babies and don't want to mix breeds so I don't know what to do.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Perhaps you could run an ad on craigs list or BYC and be truthful. Sell them for what you paid and sell them as breed unknown or mixed breed.

That is one reason one should always buy from a reputable breeder/hatchery. The best waterfowl hatcheries are Metzer and Holdereads.

 

[MjChickens]

Can anyone tell me if Buff Ducks are able to fly or are they too heavy of weight? Thanks for the help.