The Duck Thread

[Luelromun]

Got a great pic of my ducks yesterday when they let me get really close

These are beauties!! What kind is the black or the black with white? I have 1 similar but with less white,she is the loudest and seems to be the boss of all!

 

[jonhpdx]

These are beauties!! What kind is the black or the black with white? I have 1 similar but with less white,she is the loudest and seems to be the boss of all!

Black and white is a Black Swedish duck, the all black one is a Cayuga duck. They're awesome, and they have such great personalities. The loudest and bossiest by far is my Pekin duck. She's such a greedy, chubby, loud little thing, but she's loved nonetheless, and she's the friendliest.

 

[graham B]

, if those big fluffy ducks leave the ground I will be very surprised!!!
I like your chilterns, I don't think I would mistake them for a pekin though, they do have their separate look, very lovely though.
LOL, well you have told all of us now, so now we have to make our mental images.lol.

I am glad that you don't think the chilterns are pekins. I was worried that I had been duped as not much info on them....

Do you know when the KCs heads will turn green if they are male? Or will the Tell-tail sign on their tail show first....

Also, do ducks partake in incest and is that detrimental to the ducklings if I want to breed... I have a favourite who I think may be male, and if he likes the female KCs then that's good (if any are female) but I think that he has to be related to the other chilterns... So breeding from them can't be good can it?

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Quote: Do you know if they are good layers? or are they meat ducks?
Sorry, I have no idea about drake colour, when they happen or what colour. Not sure when the tail will come through. Hopefully this weekend I am getting a KC drake, he should be just fully matured so I will tell you his colors, tail etc.

You will have to ask more duck expert people on the breeding Q's. I really have no Idea. I know in breeding chickens there is no way of keeping a quality line with out inbreeding. But have no idea with ducks.

 

[graham B]

Do you know if they are good layers? or are they meat ducks?
Sorry, I have no idea about drake colour, when they happen or what colour. Not sure when the tail will come through. Hopefully this weekend I am getting a KC drake, he should be just fully matured so I will tell you his colors, tail etc.

You will have to ask more duck expert people on the breeding Q's. I really have no Idea. I know in breeding chickens there is no way of keeping a quality line with out inbreeding. But have no idea with ducks.

Did you mean that you inbreed your chickens? If so that's interesting as I have 5'chickens as well, hybrids for the eggs, but am looking to get a breeding trio soon. I also have 4 turkeys arriving in July...(hopefully)!!

As for the eggs from the chilterns, the Internet seems to think that they are great layers... At nearly 9 weeks old, it would be a miracle if they laid an egg... Lol... Also, I bet they are male!!!

 

[ChickiMomma15]

hi so um i hope someone reads this and helps me i don't own ducks but i was at the lake yesterday and this BEAUTIFUL duck came on the banks of the lake where i was fishing it was golden brown colored and it had a red mask but it didn't have bumps on it and it was really used to humans and didn't go around other ducks at all.. so what is it?

 

[Amiga]

hi so um i hope someone reads this and helps me i don't own ducks but i was at the lake yesterday and this BEAUTIFUL duck came on the banks of the lake where i was fishing it was golden brown colored and it had a red mask but it didn't have bumps on it and it was really used to humans and didn't go around other ducks at all.. so what is it?

Was the mask feathers or flesh?

 

[cluckcluckluke]

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Sorry, again I don't have a full idea on what the go is with inbreeding. But that is how you make a quality line. As of yet I don't breed my own stock and I am not ready to get a quality line going. If you want you can just breed a pure bred but just keep getting new stock in. I think you have to breed a father ( rooster ) with a hen offspring and closer and it's bad. But I am not 100%.
Hope you get some eggs soon... and lots of them.

 

[Duck Lover3000]

hi everyone! I need some information. I have asked people around here , at what age do ducks start laying? well u would not believe the different answers I got...so I ask u who I think knows more than anyone,,,,when or about when do female ducks usually ready to start laying.?  I had one guy asked if I had drakes............ddaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. please help. thanks

I have 2 Mascovy ducks that are about 7 months and just started laying yesterday and I have 2 bantam Cayugas ducks (drake and duck) they are about the same age and the hen started laying about two weeks ago.

 

[Sapphiregemmer]

I'm hatching Pekins, Khakis, and appleyards right now! first time with ducks