The Duck Thread

[flaming007]

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are they yours? you don't have calls listed in your sig. sure are beautiful

 

[flaming007]

yup just got them! and I need to ad them to my sig! haha thanks for reminding me

 

[Amiga]

All this eye candy is going to raise my blood sugar!

Lovely, lovely ducks. Thanks for the pick-me-up.

 

[flaming007]

All this eye candy is going to raise my blood sugar!

Lovely, lovely ducks. Thanks for the pick-me-up.

 

[BLT79]

at what age does a drake stop growing? just wondering if ours will continue to grow or not. they are 6 month old Cayuga/pekin mixes! thanks

 

[ringaring]

My drakes - 2 runners, 1 KC/Rouen mix stopped getting taller at about 4-5 months and continued to fill out another 2-3 months. They seem to eat more now though - maybe because of the need for more calories during the freezing weather.

 

[Betsy57]

My Disco, 7 month old Khaki is having a hard time adapt to his gals. Or say they are having a hard time adapting to him. They're very territorial and bullying him. He's still in the basement at night for protection because they DO NOT want him in THEIR house. The gals are 1 1/2 years old or so. When will he start puberty and want to mate? He needs to Man-Up to these gals. I'm tired of a duck in my basement. I thought the gals would welcome him since their man was killed 3 weeks ago. They hadn't eaten much and were very scared. Now they've turned into "Cougar" bullies :/

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

7 mos old... Seems like drake should be able to hold his own.

Edited for spelling

 

[Amiga]

When we adopted Bean - our first drake - it was in October. And he was a real milk toast. Stayed with his girl, and hopped on top of no one. He and his girls had their own room at first, but then were able to mingle with the runners when they wished - which was not often.

Two days before Valentine's Day, the hormones kicked in and he was with his girls, then some of the runner girls, and it all looked good. Then Zwei and a few friends became the morality police, and chaos ensued. So, we separated the Bean group from the rest for a long long time. About a month ago, it seemed time to reintroduce, and now we are just fine, mixing and mingling, pretty happy.

I think his (your new guy) hormones are low, he is young and in a new scary place when he is with the girls. I would take a deep breath, let my inner nine year old have fun with the idea of a duck in the basement, spend a little time with him, helping him become more sure of himself.

Bean, best I can figure, was very, very insecure when he arrived, and that led to some less than helpful responses to my bossy, nasty runners. I was surprised at how belligerent they could be. Not MY sweet babies!!!!!

So I would go it slow, because in my experience, patience has really paid off well.