What kind of Ducks DO YOU HAVE?

[Bleenie]

Was just wondering what kind of ducks all you BYC'ers have and who's your most favorite & why?

Was also wondering if everyone keeps a pool or something in their pens for the ducks?


Mine are stuck with the chickens at night, free range during the day. i keep 3 small rubber feeding 'dishes' (for livestock) in the far corner full of water. they're pretty good about keeping the mess over there, lol.

Here's a few of my little, spoiled brats...

 

[Goat_Walker]

Well, Mine free range during the day but at night and when I am not home they have a chainlink fenced in enclosure with 3 kiddie pools, 1 large and 2 small.

I have:

3 buff x mallard ducks
1 buff duck
1 buff x BuffxMallard duck
1 Domestic bibbed mallard
1 Magpie
1 Cayuga
1 Cayuga x BuffxMallard
2 Magpie x Domestic bibbed mallard
and 1 Scovie

Tommorrow im bringing home a F/W Runner drake

I took these today with my camera phone :

Magpie ( Sharpie) , cayuga ( Blaze) , DBM ( Monty )

My Buff duck and her four buff Cross daughters ( Road Runner, Astro, Smudge, Mousse, Loud Mouth )

And then last but not least My 4 Babies. About a month and a half Old are the mutts(Catfish, Bandit, Zorro ) and The scovie is about 3 weeks old ( Budkiss)

 

[Bleenie]

I love magpies, theyre justr so pretty..anconas too! i really was a couple ancona hens.

 

[Goat_Walker]

I would LOVE to have an Ancona Drake or a few hens to add to my flock. I think Id even trade some of my current ducks for them.... or maybe not.. Lol, i cant part with my guys and gals. Ive been looking for some eggs though. I know someone who has some adults but they havent been laying

 

[duck walk]

welllll.....

 

[Bleenie]

Oh my goodness! those Pekins are SO pretty!

I am SO FAR beyond jealous of your set up!! that would be nice to have.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I have pekins, rouens, and cayugas, plus 2 geese. Mine are never in a pen, they have full-time free range of our pond and 10 acres (plus some of the adjacent government land when they feel like 'getting away').
I believe there are 7 pekins, 4 rouens, 3 cayugas, and an american blue goose 'on the pond', then a young embden goose that stays in the yard, and another 3 rouens and a cayuga baby in a pen, also in the yard. They will be going to auction or the pond in a few weeks, depending on their sexes

 

[kcardella]

3-1/2 months old:
2 WH ducks
2 Khaki Campbell duck
1 KC drake
2 Golden Hybrid 300 ducks

3 weeks old:
1 WH duck
1 WH drake
2 KC ducks

Here is the pen I use when they are not free-ranging. I don't put a pool in their night pen - I put them in a separate area of the chicken coop, and they make too much of a mess! When they are free-ranging, I put the kiddie pool in the yard.

They LOVE hanging out by the back door, and will look through the glass to see if we are inside (at 7 weeks)

My KC drake that was supposed to be a hen! (11 weeks) He is starting to get very pretty coloring now. You can really see the striping on the hybrid's face in this one.

One of my WH hens at 15 weeks:

 

[chilly]

well, i thought i had an Aylsebury and 2 KC's but higher intelects than mine have told me i have:

1 Ayles
1 KC
1 black Swedish!

they are still my girls

 

[kcardella]

chilly, I saw the pics of your ducks, and they are very cute! I love the Black Swede, plus it's more fun to try different breeds!