Hi everyone from Spain!

[Cincin]

En septiembre de 2024, me regalaron tres patitos, y como no tenía ni idea de patos, busqué información y los encontré. Desde entonces, he estado leyendo sus artículos para aprender a cuidarlos adecuadamente. En España, es muy difícil encontrar información valiosa sobre patos. Todo lo que encontré se centraba en cómo cuidar a los patos de carne para mejorar su producción, pero distaba mucho de proporcionarles un bienestar real. ¡Les evitaron a mis tres hijos muchos errores, gracias por ello!

Son tres machos (algo que sospecho que podría acabar causándome problemas), y estoy estudiando la situación para ver cómo abordarla.

No estoy completamente seguro de sus razas; uno es blanco y los otros dos son marrones, llamados Goyo, Arturo y Santiago.

Viven en una zona vallada de mi jardín, de unos doce metros cuadrados, con un corral seguro de seis metros donde tienen refugio, comida, agua y piscina. También salen a pasear por el resto del jardín cuando estoy allí (no siempre pueden hacerlo porque tengo muchos otros animales y hay que vigilar la situación).

En general, creo que tienen una vida estupenda. Les dejo algunas fotos de cuando eran patitos y de cómo están ahora. Gracias por crear y enriquecer este foro a diario. ¡Un abrazo enorme!

 

[N F C]

Hello, you have some lovely birds. Thanks for sharing pictures and thanks for joining us!

 

[Queen of Spades]

¡Bienvenida!

 

[Debbie292d]

In September 2024, I was given three ducklings, and since I had no idea about ducks, I searched for information and found them. Since then, I've been reading your articles to learn how to care for them properly. In Spain, it's very difficult to find valuable information about ducks. Everything I found focused on how to care for meat ducks to improve their production, but it was far from providing them with real well-being. They saved my three children from many mistakes, thank you for that!

They are three males (something I suspect could end up causing me problems), and I'm studying the situation to see how to approach it.

I'm not entirely sure about their breeds; one is white and the other two are brown, named Goyo, Arturo, and Santiago.

They live in a fenced area of my garden, about 12 square meters in size, with a secure 6-meter run where they have shelter, food, water, and a pool. They also go for walks in the rest of the garden when I'm there (they can't always do that because I have many other animals and the situation needs to be monitored).

Overall, I think they have a wonderful life. I'm leaving you some photos of them when they were ducklings and how they are now. Thank you for creating and enriching this forum daily. Big hugs!

Hiya, and welcome to BYC! Glad BYC was helpful to you for caring for your pretty ducks.

Thank you for the pictures!

We're glad you're here!

 

[BDutch]

Hi Cincin, welcome. I didn’t read your story. Hope you post it once more in translation.

Everyone here writes in English and I appreciate it if you do the same or use a translate program before posting.

Doing so myself, it was a good way to improve my English. When I started to post here I used google translate a lot, but nowadays I rarely do. People don’t mind if I make a few mistakes.

 

[Callender Girl]

Hermosos patos! I hope that's right; I know very little Spanish.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Lovely flock you keep! Welcome to our community!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. Your drakes are beautiful.