Peking duck pet

Baby Pekin ducks need a safe, warm enclosure. Use heat lamps and decrease the temperature each week. Make sure they have access to fresh water for drinking. Ducks will want to swim once they are at least two months old. Feed them an age appropriate food. Keep their enclosure clean.

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Pekin ducks are probably the most common multi-purpose duck breed - and for good reason. Here's what you should know.

The morning routine for our ducks...We let them out to free range for the day in our back yard and then they return to the back door at dusk to be let back i...

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Hi everyone, I'm trying to figure out if anyone can determine if one of my ~6 month old Pekin ducks is a male or a female. I'm pretty sure about one of...

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How did this happen? These ducklings were hatched from eggs bought from a Saxony duck breeder. I've been to this farm and there are only Saxony ducks on the property. The only explanation is a throwback to the German Pekin, one of the three breeds used to create the Saxony breed. I've incubated hundreds of Saxony eggs and on occassion there have been ducklings lighter in colour but always with the distinct facial lines and other plumage characteristic of the Saxony.

Having never seen a crested duck before, I was extremely excited to discover this one at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA. The White Crested Duck (lophonetta specularioides) is a white, medium weight duck with a naturally-deformed skull that gives it a physical "crest" on the top of its head. A crest can occur in all domestic breeds of ducks that originated from the Wild Mallard, although the crest on Crested Ducks arose from a genetic mutation specifically bred into the bird by duck…

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You can use chicken feed as an adult Pekin duck feed. Opt for pellets or crumble instead of scratch when possible. Make sure ducks can forage for worms, insects, and small fish during the day. Ducklings should not have medicated feed or chicken feed. Feed ducklings a chick starter feed.

White Peking duck one of the friendliest domestic ducks there is