The Duck Thread

[jtn42248]

We our new to the group and our thinking of bringing a duck to our home. We like to learn more about them and how to raise them. We have incubators for chickens. We don't know if we will foster one bring in a juvenile or raise a baby yet.

First of all stop thinking duck and start thinking ducks. Ducks need the companionship of other ducks. Two will be fine but if only two make sure they are either both male or both female. The will avoid any over breeding which can be dangerous for the female. Females will lay eggs without a male around just like chickens do. If you want to attempt getting a duck to bond with you then the younger you can get them the better. Adults and juveniles will eventually accept you but will probably never really bond with you. Fresh water at all times is essential as they need it in order to wash down their food. Also, a small pool for them to bathe in now and then. It looks like you are in Nevada (?) so you will want to make sure they have shade from the sun in the warmer/hotter months. Make sure they have shelter to sleep in that is secure from any predator that might be around (neighbors cats and dogs count as predators).

If you do get ducks good luck and enjoy.

 

[AxolotlLove]

Anybody wanting to enter a prettiest duck contest I just started a thread. Prize is naming my next duck (will be a pekin/Rouen cross in spring) and a drawing of your duck!

 

[bensamjo]

I have googled this but to no avail. Can anyone tell me why female ducks tuck their tails under, squat as in pain and act like it's hard to walk, often flapping their wings when trying to walk? I don't believe they are eggbound nor do they have Marek's so are there any other possibilities? Thanks for your help.

 

[Ren2014]

We our new to the group and our thinking of bringing a duck to our home. We like to learn more about them and how to raise them. We have incubators for chickens. We don't know if we will foster one bring in a juvenile or raise a baby yet.

First of all stop thinking duck and start thinking ducks. Ducks need the companionship of other ducks. Two will be fine but if only two make sure they are either both male or both female. The will avoid any over breeding which can be dangerous for the female. Females will lay eggs without a male around just like chickens do. If you want to attempt getting a duck to bond with you then the younger you can get them the better. Adults and juveniles will eventually accept you but will probably never really bond with you. Fresh water at all times is essential as they need it in order to wash down their food. Also, a small pool for them to bathe in now and then. It looks like you are in Nevada (?) so you will want to make sure they have shade from the sun in the warmer/hotter months. Make sure they have shelter to sleep in that is secure from any predator that might be around (neighbors cats and dogs count as predators).

If you do get ducks good luck and enjoy.

X2

O my, can't say I've ever seen this but it appears to me as a defense mechanism. Meaning she is trying to scare off the other birds. She's walking (at other times) and eating/drinking normally, right? Congrats on getting the video loaded

 

[Ren2014]

Bugs and babies yesterday.



The Fab 5. 4 girls and one boy.


Big Boy

 

[tracyjg]

We have several animal pools around here. They will be around my chickens and rabbits is that ok for them. We have to pens in one coop. We can rebuild if nessary if they can't be around them. It might take a minute.it fell in winter weather but I will see that it gets repaired before we get them.theres deer netting across the whole coop. We our building a spot in shed for everyone (pet) in winter . It was a hard winter.we will work on that these summer.we were thinking male and female to start. And work our way to more in future . We where looking at a wild duck that bread in domestic Teratory . At first. We have an opportunity to look at them these week sometime.their one and two years old. They have been around chicken to some extent.and in later on try and get something like a pekin or show duck. There a pet.

 

[tracyjg]

We also have a bathtub.my partner say they will probably take over his pool.he will probably build them a water pool in yard. In future.

 

[tracyjg]

If we can get the wild ducks we will bread for Easter.my son does homeschooling . We have breed rabbits chickens I like to breed a set of ducks. In incubator or mom duck will do it.we don't want over breeding either.

 

[tracyjg]

On bedding. Do you use pine or something else. We use pine for chickens.in the area we want to keep them for now has to long book cases we have them apart. With wood over the top.

 

[tracyjg]