The Duck Thread

Tlmcq · Aug 23, 2017

I didn't do too bad with straight run ducklings this year, thank God. I ended up with 5 boys and 8 girls. The 3 boys outta the first batch all get along famously...they crack me up with there low, soft quacks. They get going chattering to each other as if to be talking about the girls...lol. They pick a lil bit at the younger 2 boys but each of the younger ones have couple girls of their own breed they stick with. No major spats, yet.

hereorthere · Aug 23, 2017

itsasmallfarm said:
Finally got BYC on my phone so i can upload pictures so here are my two ducks quackers and nibbles the bottom picture is of them when they where ducklings.
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LOL! I also have a Quackers too....however she is Ms Quackers. The loudest of all my girl WHs.

itsasmallfarm · Aug 23, 2017

hereorthere said:
LOL! I also have a Quackers too....however she is Ms Quackers. The loudest of all my girl WHs.

That is awesome and its the same thing with mine she does most of the talking of my ducks.

yoopergirl1211 · Aug 23, 2017

Was trying to get some pics for the calendar but my camera isn't good enough and ducks wouldn't cooperate lol but it was kinda funny.

Miss Lydia · Aug 23, 2017

Gorgeous ducks I like the one with the head in the straw.

yoopergirl1211 · Aug 23, 2017

Thanks! They were definitely having fun

yoopergirl1211 · Aug 27, 2017

So I went to my first fair since getting birds and was kinda freaked out by the conditions of some of the birds. The ducks were filthy. And is it normal for Rouens to have flabby chests. Is that an age thing?

Ravynscroft · Aug 27, 2017

yoopergirl1211 said:
Was trying to get some pics for the calendar but my camera isn't good enough and ducks wouldn't cooperate lol but it was kinda funny.
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Beautiful!! :love

Love the burrower, lol...

yoopergirl1211 said:
So I went to my first fair since getting birds and was kinda freaked out by the conditions of some of the birds. The ducks were filthy. And is it normal for Rouens to have flabby chests. Is that an age thing?

Do you mean where they hang low, big keel? Most Rouens available at hatcheries are production Rouens... Rouens bred to the standard are huge, boxy/blocky looking and their keels are extremely deep... hangs down between their feet...

Like these... *not my pics, off google*