a present for Van_Rat - Paw Talk

rodentopia · #1 02-02-2009, 03:35 PM

i remember you posted photos of ducks a while back, so upon getting a decent camera, i thought i'd take some photos of the ducks we keep for eggs.

this is our proud drake. i think he likes being the only boy...

they're funny things... so happy ducking van_rat!

canadiancritter · #2 02-02-2009, 05:43 PM

Cute.
Ducks (esp. the white ones) always look and try to attack me... but the little grey one looks nice : )

LuvPets · #3 02-02-2009, 07:13 PM

LOL!! Same here! I love ducks, but they always chase me in "attack mode"!! I don't get it!!!

rodentopia · #4 02-02-2009, 07:36 PM

these are running ducks, they seem to always run away from us. the place we got them from didn't have too much contact with them, which i guess is acceptable 'cos they're happy, just not tamed. they look so funny when they walk, they like shimmy on tip-toes. if we have another snow day tomorrow, i'll take a video of them and put it up here.

they grey one's my favourite.

thanks for the comments

VanillaRat · #5 02-03-2009, 04:48 PM

Eeeeeeee! They are soooo cute! I love ducks.
They are really pretty,the black ones are my favorite! Do they have names?

If I ever moved somewhere with land,I would definatly want some ducks!

rodentopia · #6 02-03-2009, 05:06 PM

there's old one spot, named by the previous owners, but other than that they don't have any names. if you pick them up their feathers are really soft and thick. they're great pets, they're really comical, can be quite tame apparently, they're cheap to keep and they lay eggs like mad on season. running ducks don't swim, they just need enough water to get their heads in and they're more than happy. they are, however, quite loud. if something spooks one, they all panic. then when that one calms down, it sees the rest are panicking and starts up again, it takes them ages to calm down. funny though..

VanillaRat · #7 02-03-2009, 05:13 PM

LOL!!!! They sound super cute and really funny!!

They are so long too! Adorable.

rodentopia · #8 02-05-2009, 09:05 PM

my neighbour thought they were geese because they sttod up straight, but they quacked, so she was confused lol. we've started getting eggs out of them now, at least 2 ducck egg blue..... eggs every day.

winter_frost · #9 02-06-2009, 05:38 AM

Sorry if I seem an absolute idiot but I'm just wondering if you have a male how do you know if any of the eggs are fertilized?

rodentopia · #10 02-06-2009, 07:42 PM

when you put them in the incubator, they'll hatch........

we eat the eggs.

winter_frost · #11 02-06-2009, 11:31 PM

ahhhh you see I always thought you could only eat unfertilized ones. My bad.

rodentopia · #12 02-07-2009, 06:08 PM

nah, you can eat fertilized ones, you just have to know that there might be a pre-baby duck in there.