Pekin Duck Club!

[pullonyourboots]

mine do this too.. the only way i have seen a difference with people who have ducks is spending a great deal of time with them when their ducklings. or give them lots of treats! mine follow me everywhere after i give them cucumber

 

[luluann]

They can have cucumbers?? What!! I'm on my way to chop some up. Also, my oldest pekin has a hurt leg/foot. He walks with a limp. Not sure what happened but I am going to wait till dbf gets off to help me catch him and look..

 

[mandycarlo]

My girl just started to lay I got a total of 7 eggs everyday now yesterday and today nothing is that normal? Two eggs was huge and the rest have been average size do they not lay every day? I hope a snake didn't get them or something else I check early in the morning and all day.

Luluann one of mine is limping too looked at her don't see anything :/ seems like she gets better then not

 

[pullonyourboots]

they can have most vegies with the except no onions, mushrooms and a couple others i can remember... ours love squash, zuchinni, potatoes, lettuce, romaine, green and red peppers, cucumbers...

 

[countrygirl74]

Don't forget the peas!

Mine will do just about anything for frozen, thawed peas. They even try to rip open my pods through the garden fence. Good treat too - high in niacin which ducks need.

 

[Haloclimb]

Hey guys, I've just got a dozen Pekin eggs that I'm going to incubate. What temperatures and humidity do you find wors the best for your eggs? What I've found so far says to have a temperature of 37.5 with a relative humidity of 55%. Do I bump that up on lockdown like with chicken eggs? Thanks for any help!

 

[mandycarlo]

Temp should be 99.5 !!! 40-50% humidity till lockdown then raise to 70-80% is good I have some in my incubator

 

[Haloclimb]

Temp should be 99.5 !!! 40-50% humidity till lockdown then raise to 70-80% is good I have some in my incubator

Haha, 99.5 °C would give me boiled eggs I think! But I was worried about the humidity, thank you loads for the guides Hopefully I'll have some lovely little ducklings in a while

 

[Jharper]

Haha, 99.5 °C would give me boiled eggs I think! But I was worried about the humidity, thank you loads for the guides Hopefully I'll have some lovely little ducklings in a while

Hahaha! Yeah just keep it as close as you can to 37.5 C and the humidity ranges from around 45% to 55%, and on the last three days of incubation the humidity should be bumped up to round 65%-78%. That's just from my own experiences with duck eggs.

 

[Dunaways61811]

mine do this too.. the only way i have seen a difference with people who have ducks is spending a great deal of time with them when their ducklings. or give them lots of treats! mine follow me everywhere after i give them cucumber

So even with them being month and half old I still have time for them to warm up? They totally freak out! My arms are all clawed up from them. They get lots of treats. I just don't understand. I really want them to be friendly.