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For those who can't see it click here ...... Duck Slideshow

They are gorgeous Suz! Mealworm soup - yuck!

What breeds are they? Ones a runner but what are the others?

i want donald and daffy lol, i love white ducks i think they are gawjuss, do they make alot of noise?
Hudgellboy

Donald's a magpie duck and is actually white with light blue (very pale grey) in the flesh. Being drakes these aren't very noisy although they do have their moments.

are they all drakes or have you got hens because i would have thoguth they would fight like 2 cockerals over the hens mmm you learn something new everyday lol.
Hudgellboy

Aw they're lovely!

hudgellboy wrote:are they all drakes or have you got hens because i would have thoguth they would fight like 2 cockerals over the hens mmm you learn something new everyday lol.
Hudgellboy

They are all drakes (males), females are called ducks lol. No they don't fight, but they do try to get frisky with each other. I don't think all cockerels fight either I've 3 mature Silkie cockerels together, umpteen bobwhite cocks & even more Japanese cocks living happily with each other.

wow my chinese painted cock goes mental when it see a canary or any other bird but he is aggressive lol, i want to keep ducks if only i had room lol, your so lucky
Hudgellboy

sammyboy wrote:What breeds are they? Ones a runner but what are the others?

Black ... Daffy .... Indian runner
White & light blue ..... Donald .... Magpie Duck
Dark Grey & bit of White .... Puddle-Duck .... Blue swedish
Beige/caramel .... Goosey ..... Saxony

hi Suz,

I thought Blue Swedish and Saxony breeds were quite big (Aylesbury size)? I wonder if yours are mixed

yip my drakes are huge (I'll see if I can get them to stand on the bathroom scales in a minute), my hubby keeps threatening to have them for Xmas lunch lol ... definitely pure bred ... I collected them in person from a well known Scottish breeder, saw all her breeding pens which are breed specific ... no eBay mixtures here lol.

I actually went up for Californian something anothers or Mandarin's, but decided they weren't for me as kitting out the aviary was too much hassle, then looked at her apricot calls, but they were so noisy I though living on a burn-side with wild mallards was asking for trouble, so the kids picked a different coloured day old 'ling from her heavy breed pens & I picked Daffy the little runner for me

They must all be quite big then. I was tempted by Blue Swedish and Saxony, but thought they might be too large for my garden. I imagined they would be almost the size of a small goose.

Yeah, Daffy is my favourite too.

Ok .... I'm back, should have waited for Sammy & the camera as try to pursued ducks to stand on scales it rather comical

the boys are just starting to moult after there friskiness so don't know if that effects their weight but here goes (I took lowest reading as it bounced a bit) ...

Puddle Duck (Swedish) 7lb 4oz
Goosey (Saxony) 7lb 9oz
Donald (Magpie) 7lb 4oz
Daffy (Runner) hiding behind shed will get him later

I love them. thanks for pics.