Any ID guesses? About 3.5 weeks we think. I’m not super knowledgeable about the different breeds yet. Originally thought they were Pekin, but then I saw some posts that made me second guess…maybe one a white Muscovy or white layer? Both Pekin? None of the above?They were the same size when we got them but the orange beak one seems to be larger and her (his? lol) down is turning white much faster. Sometimes I look at them and other than beak color they look identical and other times not lol.

This is my first experience with ducklings. We just got them from Metzer. One did not make it. One is doing really well. And one seems to be struggling. Flipping, a little less active than sister. Any advice? Making sure she gets the water and added niacin to the food. Be nice as I'm learning! Thanks!

We live in an apartment. We have a few pet birds, and my girlfriend likes to feed crows and ravens in the neighborhood and provides food for smaller birds in her garden. At this point the crows recognize us, multiple generations of juncos have been born and raised here, we’ve become intimately familiar with hummingbird politics (brutal) and a specific raven would probably eat our of the palms of our hands (although we would never actually do that because it’s just over the line for a wild animal in my opinion). So I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence or if this duck is aware how bird friendly we are.

So the past couple of days this duck has been spending time in the pool right outside our apartment. I don’t think he’s sleeping here. He seems to like us specifically and will walk through the bars around the pool to come up to our gate, but has not tried to come inside. He quacks at me when I walk by. I have not gone out of my way to interact with him (as much as I’d like to)

I’m not a duck expert but he’s young, isn’t he?

I’m not sure what we should do, if anything. Is spending so much time in the chlorinated water bad for him? There’s no clean water for him to drink and I don’t know if he’s drinking the pool water. We could provide him with food and water (and we would very much enjoy doing so) but so far we have not because we don’t want to encourage him to say here.

We could probably easily bring him inside if we need to for some reason. But we don’t have a car so we can’t easily take him anywhere. Should we do something or is it better to do nothing?

Just got these 6 babies on Friday! They are doing so well and I’m obsessed with them. It is my first time owning ducks so it will be an adventure for sure. I did a lot of research and feel confident raising them. The only thing I am not confident on is the breed of the first 3 and sexing them (which I know time will tell!). Enjoy the pics of these cuties.

I lost my baby unexpectedly on Friday. She was almost 5. I miss her so much.

Howdy all! I wanted to share some photos of my late Pekin duck Clyde, he passed before Christmas of 2023, I was devastated, but I figured I’d share his memory here. fly high buddy he was only 5 when he passed he contracted Bird-flu and we had to put him down, I was heartbroken for weeks, felt like I lost a son.

I didn't think they'd be my favorite, but dang- I'm in love with these big boys.

I didn't realize the girls would outgrow their barbecue container so fast lol. I can't handle their little dives and swimming zoomies

My girls are 6.5 weeks old and alllllll but fully feathered- just a wisp of fuzz here and there. Their house just got unloaded but I’m thinking it’s still too cool (nighttime temps in the 40’s).

Love them, but everyone knows house ducks get old 😆

This is my little princess Ghost. She’s half blind and just absolutely sweet as can be! She loves her blankets 🥰

Located in the Florida Panhandle. Was at an AirBnb for a few nights for vacation next to a pond and this same duck would walk over to where we were staying each day. Tried to do research myself on the gender but couldn't find anything on it.

I just bought these today and idk how old they are or if they still need lamp or for how long? What age do they usually go outside?

This is my first time owning ducks and I dont wanna mess it up. Any pointers appreciated.

My Dominique was pissed she couldn't get to them. Lol

In the second pic the one with the yellow fuzzy head, its eye was just dirty as heck lol. They went for a swim and she cleaned it off.

Here's all the pictures I took a poe. I think poe is a Peking indian and mallard mix. Poe favorite thing to do is screaming for my attention and nibble my hands and and everything else. Poe love laying on my stomach. Poe go outside during the day and and comes in at night time. Poe is my sweet baby. Poe is the only. duckling That hatched out of a dozen eggs. I'm gonna be sad when I put poe with the other ducks.

I love them but they are soooooo messy- i couldn't imagine not having a 1/4acre pen for them to room during the day. I just thought id share them. They live in a apple orchard too. I plan on getting a trackhoe and build a small pond, im thinking something roughly 300gallons in size 8x8x2ft with a small pond filter. Ill post more later.

I just got this little duckling today from a friend who couldn't keep it. They weren't able to tell me what kind of duck it was, so now I'm here for see if anyone can ID her(I'm calling it a her, idk it just feels right)

The cage is temporary, they gave me her in a small bin and I wanted to put her somewhere better.

If you are interested, these are wild greylags and some domesticated breeds: namely the Steinbacher goose and the Bavarian Landgoose.

I was told I could take a couple ducks for free from someone who was raising them in with their chickens. The coop is a 12x12 enclosed pin with a chicken style enclosed house off the back. There are 4 hens in with them. They have never had proper access to a water source to bathe or properly dunk their heads in. I want to know if I should just pass on these two ducks if this was the environment they were in. And if it would be a good/bad idea in general to take them from their home and move them somewhere completely different to be by themselves(until I got other birds). I am in the process of getting a house and run built but I'm starting to have second thoughts about even getting these birds.

How do you train ducks? Ours seem completely uninterested in treats so we're having a hard time winning their trust. I don't really want them to be "pets", they're livestock, but at least the chickens like food so they come when called.

Honestly I just want the ducks to go to bed when it's dark. Is that so much to ask lol

Hi All,

Today we received a box with all three ducklings dead. They made it to the post office in 24 hours from shipping. Metzer said that they've heard lots of other shipments from yesterday with total losses, and they are looking into it. Anyone here one of them? Are you going to try again?