These ducks are very entertaining! We have one pekin with 13 chickens. I love watching her most of all. She has quite the personality!
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Pekins originated in China. They were bred from a Mallard duck. In 1873, they were brought to...
My first duck ever was a Pekin that I bought at the feed store a few years ago. Since the first day I had her, I fell in love with her. She slept in a shoebox under a little blanket I had made the year before for baby bunnies, next to my bed 
She would cry when I was gone and snuggle 
When she was an adult, she really was a spectacular looking duck. She was pure, snow white with beautiful black/blue eyes, and big orange feet and beak. She laid an egg every day and was very quick in doing so. She wasn't picky where she laid. She would even lay just randomly sitting in a hole one of of the chickens had dug out. Then her time came and she passed away soon after she got hit by a car. 
I really loved her and would recommend any duck owner, who has not done so, to buy a pekin and see how wonderful they are
She would cry when I was gone and snuggle When she was an adult, she really was a spectacular looking duck. She was pure, snow white with beautiful black/blue eyes, and big orange feet and beak. She laid an egg every day and was very quick in doing so. She wasn't picky where she laid. She would even lay just randomly sitting in a hole one of of the chickens had dug out. Then her time came and she passed away soon after she got hit by a car. I really loved her and would recommend any duck owner, who has not done so, to buy a pekin and see how wonderful they are 
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- 2012-03-01
I had a Pekin as a kid. His name was Jimmy. One night, he got attacked by an unknown predator. I though he was dead because he was laying there with massive holes in his neck. Well, I nursed him back to life, and he lived for many years after that...though he only had one eye after that (made for some good laughs trying to watch him run with his head tilted to one side).
I have Pekins again. I unfortunately ended up with 3 drakes and 1 duck. I haven't had problems yet, though I still plan to get rid of two drakes. They absolutely LOVE their pool. I had to take it away because I was afraid of all the males drowning her. They follow each other in a line which is hilarious. They are soooo soft! I just had my 3-year old and 16-month old nieces petting them yesterday. They loved them. The female is very, very loud. I can hear her in the morning while still penned up all the way from my house. I deal with it, because EVERY morning, there's an egg waiting for me. I had no idea she'd lay this many. I think she may have missed one day so far and has been laying for 2 months now. How could it get better than that??
The boys start to look the same after a while and I can't tell them apart. They are pretty heavy so when they decide to catch a chicken and mate with it, it's painful to watch. If they find a puddle of water, you can bet there will be a mud hole in no time! I left soaker hoses going in my garden earlier this year and they found it. It was then a big clay, mud pit....plus they ate all my lettuce.
Even so, I still love them! I'm sure they're tasty, but I'd have to be starving to eat something that cute.
I have Pekins again. I unfortunately ended up with 3 drakes and 1 duck. I haven't had problems yet, though I still plan to get rid of two drakes. They absolutely LOVE their pool. I had to take it away because I was afraid of all the males drowning her. They follow each other in a line which is hilarious. They are soooo soft! I just had my 3-year old and 16-month old nieces petting them yesterday. They loved them. The female is very, very loud. I can hear her in the morning while still penned up all the way from my house. I deal with it, because EVERY morning, there's an egg waiting for me. I had no idea she'd lay this many. I think she may have missed one day so far and has been laying for 2 months now. How could it get better than that??
The boys start to look the same after a while and I can't tell them apart. They are pretty heavy so when they decide to catch a chicken and mate with it, it's painful to watch. If they find a puddle of water, you can bet there will be a mud hole in no time! I left soaker hoses going in my garden earlier this year and they found it. It was then a big clay, mud pit....plus they ate all my lettuce.
Even so, I still love them! I'm sure they're tasty, but I'd have to be starving to eat something that cute.
I only have 1 Pekin that we rescued. I named him Frosty and he's the best pet ever. He loves me. I think it's true when they say that a Pekin's friendship towards humans rival that of dogs. We even introduced him to our Muscovy and Magpie ducklings, and he only nibbled their necks and feet every here and there. He loves water, but he gets less and less protective over "his" pool. He only eats what I give him, and he drinks a dog bowl of water a day. I am beginning to let him out with me every morning to get some exercise with the ducklings while I finish up the chickens.
