Very new! Could use some help!(:

[PattyNH]

I am new to ducks too - my dad impulsively got 2 Pekin ducklings at TSC a couple weeks back. I believe one male and one female. He had no clue but after some research on here I listened to their "voices" and easily came to the conclusion we had one of each lol. They are smelly/messy little things! I have had chickens and currently have 12 chicks and they are nowhere as messy as 2 ducklings. They are also pretty skittish but I spend as much time with them as I can and am excited for them to be big enough to move out from their breeder box to a coop area. I'm hoping they get more used to us once they are out around where we usually spend the most time.

I mostly posted because I also have Nigerian Dwarf goats. I have a wether names Shen and a doeling named Lily. They are 5 months old now. I love them to death! They are so much fun and soooooo adorable!!! They are around me all the time - like little furry gremlins. Beware - it is like having two 2-yr olds. They get into - and out of - EVERYTHING!!! I joke that they were made in satan's workshop Anyhow, they watch the ducklings and chicks during their outdoor time and really neither pays the other much attention. The ducklings definitely are less nervous of the goats than they are of me. So my guess is, since your ducks will be bigger when you get your little goatlings, they will learn to get along just fine

Best of luck! And keep us posted as to how things go!!

PS: This is Lily and Shen when I first got them. Back then I had put them on the table. Now they won't stop jumping up on it...

And this is them today

 

[DaSouthernYankee]

This forum was a Godsend for me before I became a member. My husband and I did a TON of research before we got our ducks, and even then, I still have questions and look on here for experience and answers.

Ducks are really great, and can be easy. I would go with kiddie pools if I were you. You will have to clean out their water CONSTANTLY. Ducks are a mess. Everything goes in the water...mud, food, poop, feathers, rocks, grass... Get somethign that can be moved, cleaned and restored constantly. We have one of our pools in a mulched garden, and one next to it outside of the mulched garden that is now mulched because nothing would grow there and they sweet wonderful ducks of mine love to bore holes in the ground because they love mud so darn much.

That's another thing. HOLES. They are EVERYWHERE. I live in a mine field and since Texas is drowning right now, they are the happiest ducks in the world because there is mud everywhere!

Yes! There seems to be to a of educated duck parents here! I’m grateful this exists! I guess part of me wants to keep it mildly esthetic and make them a nice space that’s pretty to me. Perhaps I can find a way to build something like a raised garden bed or decorative casing I can pull the kiddie pool out of and clean.

 

[DaSouthernYankee]

I am new to ducks too - my dad impulsively got 2 Pekin ducklings at TSC a couple weeks back. I believe one male and one female. He had no clue but after some research on here I listened to their "voices" and easily came to the conclusion we had one of each lol. They are smelly/messy little things! I have had chickens and currently have 12 chicks and they are nowhere as messy as 2 ducklings. They are also pretty skittish but I spend as much time with them as I can and am excited for them to be big enough to move out from their breeder box to a coop area. I'm hoping they get more used to us once they are out around where we usually spend the most time.

I mostly posted because I also have Nigerian Dwarf goats. I have a wether names Shen and a doeling named Lily. They are 5 months old now. I love them to death! They are so much fun and soooooo adorable!!! They are around me all the time - like little furry gremlins. Beware - it is like having two 2-yr olds. They get into - and out of - EVERYTHING!!! I joke that they were made in satan's workshop Anyhow, they watch the ducklings and chicks during their outdoor time and really neither pays the other much attention. The ducklings definitely are less nervous of the goats than they are of me. So my guess is, since your ducks will be bigger when you get your little goatlings, they will learn to get along just fine

Best of luck! And keep us posted as to how things go!!

PS: This is Lily and Shen when I first got them. Back then I had put them on the table. Now they won't stop jumping up on it...
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And this is them today
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Oh my gosh! They are so darling!! I’m on a waiting list for two little baby girls and they should be moving in around January so I figured the same as you, my ducklings will be a bit bigger. And I’m going to have a fence to separate the whole yard in half just in case they need time outs!
But I hear all the same things you’re saying rambunctious, adorable, escape artists! Hahah I can’t wait!!

 

[PattyNH]

Oh my gosh! They are so darling!! I’m on a waiting list for two little baby girls and they should be moving in around January so I figured the same as you, my ducklings will be a bit bigger. And I’m going to have a fence to separate the whole yard in half just in case they need time outs!
But I hear all the same things you’re saying rambunctious, adorable, escape artists! Hahah I can’t wait!!

They are so totally worth it though! I waited a year after I got to the point that I NEEDED to get some lol I was totally paranoid at the beginning - they were just 5 and 6 weeks old (way too young to be removed from their moms and sold as weaned in my opinion). But they are doing great and are healthy. I'm super lucky that I have a farm vet in the area that only does house calls. Also super luck that I had like 20 people willing to goat-sit when I posted on CL for my vacation lol. I am so excited for you!!