Indoor/Outdoor and Outdoor Duck and Goose Profiles
These pets live outside and come in sometimes or totally live outside.
Duck's Name: Quackers
Owner's Name: Rob and Carol Bryant
Home Page: N/A
Location: Danville, KY
Breed: Pekin
Color/Markings: White
Date of Birth: March 2000
Date Aquired: April 2000
Where/Whom Aquired: Gift from a friend
Price: N/A
Personality:Very affectionate. Likes to sit in our lap.
Why Did You Choose A Duck As A Pet: Actually we didn't / but has
turned out to be a great pet! She had her foot bitten by a turtle in a local
pond. My wife, the nurse, treated the injured foot by using an antibiotic
ointment and a baby sock held in place by a rubber band. The duck was very
comical limping around the yard. She is fully healed and healthy.
How Tamed: Lots of attention.
Diaper Used: None
What Made You Decide To Keep Your Duck Inside: We only let her in the
kitchen on occasion. Glad to hear about the diaper thing. Usually I
have to be armed with "Brawney"!
Duck's Housing: We have a portable dog kennel in the back yard (10' x
30') with a small doghouse and a plastic swimming pool. We cover the top
with chicken wire to keep out the neighbor's cat. When it gets cold in the
winter we fix her a place in the garage to keep warm.
Duck's Daily Part In Your Day: We let her out of the kennel and she
pics around in the yard while we sit outside, or a grilling out (steaks of
course!).
Interesting Thing You Do With Your Duck: Likes to try to fly up in our
lap. Follows us around the yard while we are mowing or gardening.
Interesting Thing Your Duck Does: It's kennel is right under our
bedroom window. When she hears us talking she starts quacking at us.
Other Information:
Duck's Name: Yoda, Screech, and Sleepy
Owner's Name: Kim
Home Page: N/A
Location: Fredericksburg, VA
Breed: Yoda- cayuga, Screech - rouen, Sleepy- pekin
Color/Markings: Yoda - black, Screech- brown/yellow, Sleepy - yellow
Date of Birth: Yoda - 5/24/01, Screech- 5/27/01, Sleepy- 5/25/01
Date Aquired: The eggs arrived on 4/30/01.
Where/Whom Aquired: I purchased the eggs from a hatchery in PA.
Price: $5/dz eggs ????
Personality:Yoda- very talkative and extremely small (didn't develop
correctly in egg), Screech- as the name says...., Sleepy- again, as the
name says!
Why Did You Choose A Duck As A Pet: I am a school teacher and last year
another teacher incubated duck eggs. I truly love animals, so of course I became involved. Peeps hatched right into my hands! This year, I became
involved again, this time incubating the eggs in my room so my students could
be a part of this. I have never seen so many fifth grade boys go soft at once! It's been a great experience for me, my family, and my students..
How Tamed: Each of the ducklings were born in my presence. I spend a lot of time with them so they will get used to me. Also, my students participate in handling and caring for them during the day. They are not afraid of people, and they were just introduced to my cats. The cats were more afraid than the ducklings!
Diaper Used: I tried with my previous duck to no avail. I'm going to
try again though!
What Made You Decide To Keep Your Duck Inside: Right now they're too
young to be outside. Once they have their adult feathers they will stay outside during the day, and inside during the night. I have a kiddie pool and
a duck house outside for them. When inside, I bought a large dog crate for
them to sleep in.
Duck's Housing: Right now, a rubber maid tub. I'll gradually increase
the size of the tub as they grow and eventually use the dog crate.
What Do You Feed Your Duck: As ducklings, I start them on corn meal
mash for about 1-2 weeks. Then I'll use wild game grower food, and add Brewer's yeast to it. Once they've reached maturity, I use another wild game food for adults.
Duck's Daily Part In Your Day: They come to school with me every day,
and I keep them in a closed room right now until the cats are more accustomed
to them. I let them out of their tub at least 6-7 times a day to stretch
their legs and bond with me and my students.
Interesting Thing You Do With Your Duck: Taking them to school? I'm
also interested in leash training one if not all of them.
Interesting Thing Your Duck Does: Sleepy will run really fast, sit
down, and
then fall asleep! Sleepy is the sweetest duck! If you hold him, he
immediately falls asleep within five seconds flat. Yoda has bald spots
and is so little. His little legs move a mile a minute! One of my
students plays with him and lets Yoda break dance! Screech has screeched so
much in one day that he lost his voice!
Other Information: I've owned a duck before, and now I have three
ducklings! Peeps, the duck from last year, became my pet because the other
teachers released the other ducklings I felt too early, so I ended up keeping
Peeps. It was summer time, so I had plenty of time to spend with her. When
August came, my schedule became very busy, and she became a bit annoyed with
the lack of attention. So, I purchased a dog that was supposed to be a
beagle/terrier mix. Unfortunately, he turned out to be a labrador so
he ended up killing her, which was natural to him. I enjoyed 6 wonderful
months with her, and I highly recommend to anyone who wants a duck as a pet,
to get more than one.
Duck's Name: Milton and Big Duck
Owner's Name: Nadine
Home Page: N/A
Location: Northeast
Breed: Khaki Campbell and Indian Runner
Color/Markings: (kc) Brown (ir) Fawn
Date of Birth: One week before Easter 2001
Date Aquired: Easter 2001
Where/Whom Aquired: Gift
Price: N/A
Personality:Milton is a wise guy Big duck is a brat
Why Did You Choose A Duck As A Pet: I have wanted them for a year
How Tamed: Spending time with them.
Diaper Used: No
What Made You Decide To Keep Your Duck Inside: They live outside.
Duck's Housing: Nice house my boyfriend built and a penned in duck yard. But the roam around during the day and sometimes come in to visit.
Duck's Daily Part In Your Day: We sit out with them every day and watch them play they also like to go for walks in the woods with us and the dog.
Interesting Thing You Do With Your Duck: Walk with them.
Interesting Thing Your Duck Does: Milton sounds like he is mocking you when he quacks and they are great fun to watch in the rain
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