What kind of ducks did i just buy

[Bill1st]

I could help myself… Picked up these three little ducks.Can anyone tell me what kind they are and when and how you can tell boys from girls?

Thanks,

 

[needlessjunk]

I'm going to guess welsh harlequins and a Pekin. Here is how to tell males from females http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm I could tell I had females by 5 weeks but I couldn't tell I had males till 9 weeks.

 

[Bill1st]

I'm going to guess welsh harlequins and a Pekin. Here is how to tell males from females http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm I could tell I had females by 5 weeks but I couldn't tell I had males till 9 weeks.

I think that they are welsh harlequins too (+ the pekin)… Thats for the info.

 

[Amiga]

Have you seen the Raising Ducklings sticky?

 

[Bill1st]

Have you seen the Raising Ducklings sticky?

No, whats that?

 

[Amykins]

It's a link you're definitely wanna read!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/750869/raising-and-caring-for-ducklings

Have you ever raised ducks before?

 

[HarrisOBIE]

your drinking waterer is a good size for them but you are going to need a different source water as well like a pot of water that they can get into. they are very dirty and they are dirtier without their water bowl/pot/pool.

 

[Amykins]

your drinking waterer is a good size for them but you are going to need a different source water as well like a pot of water that they can get into. they are very dirty and they are dirtier without their water bowl/pot/pool.

Not when they're that tiny. They only need a water dish deep enough to submerge their bills in, at this stage you actually don't want them to be able to dunk themselves in it. They could get hypothermic, they could poop in it and then get an e.coli respiratory infection, it's just no bueno. At least for the first couple weeks.

 

[Amiga]

your drinking waterer is a good size for them but you are going to need a different source water as well like a pot of water that they can get into. they are very dirty and they are dirtier without their water bowl/pot/pool.

I think this is good advice for when they are fully feathered - something to keep in mind as they develop. It is good to have a head washer - I believe the directions on how to make a head washer are in the Raising Ducklings sticky.

 

[HarrisOBIE]

Not when they're that tiny. They only need a water dish deep enough to submerge their bills in, at this stage you actually don't want them to be able to dunk themselves in it. They could get hypothermic, they could poop in it and then get an e.coli respiratory infection, it's just no bueno. At least for the first couple weeks.

my ducks that I've had threw all of there water out of there waterer every day because they kept on getting in it, ( they were 3 weeks ). i gave them i big dish of water and they got in it all of the time and their waterer was still full for days.