I just bought 4 pieces of three weeks old ducklings - 2 males and 2 females. Its my first time of raising ducklings. I open this thread to be posting their feeding and growth progress till maturity period. They will be in the cage till they reach 2months before I release them fully on free range with swimming water facility.

I am feeding them with starter mash for now because they are still small.

Stay tuned as I update the thread regularly as they grow. Their pictures below.

What's this one?

I thought it was geese sef, mtcheew.

malcom1X:
What's this one?

I thought it was geese sef, mtcheew.

why are people this frustrated even on the internet. Your kind will see person do something good and still find a way to condemn that.

Why don't you find goodness in life and in what others do?

Op, rear your birds with happiness. Him and him kind has nothing on you

You no see tolotolo train na idongwu

Release am make e go him dirty water

malcom1X:
What's this one?

I thought it was geese sef, mtcheew.

I don't understand. What's wrong with ducks?

Why not just move on if you don't find his efforts good enough? Must you undermine them?

@OP: Are the mesh spaces no to big for thier feet? I have this feeling thier feet could easily slip through them since ducks are not good perchers.

Pepeye

It's always a lovely experience raising ducklings.

Abidecdrock:
It's always a lovely experience raising ducklings.

How do their meat taste?

Please what breed are they

Duck farming is said to be lucrative

Hatesin:


How do their meat taste?

Very sweet

Christistruth00:
Please what breed are they

Duck farming is said to be lucrative

It's definitely muscovy

Why didn't you go for the matured once instead of duckings.

Hello Moneylam I am buying some Muscovy soon too . You needed just one male to like 5 female . I want to start with a few too.I just sent you an email. Cheers

whizzkidp222:
Hello Moneylam I am buying some Muscovy soon too . You needed just one male to like 5 female . I want to start with a few too.I just sent you an email. Cheers

OK. Resend ur mail, I haven't received it.

malcom1X:
What's this one?

I thought it was geese sef, mtcheew.

Yea... Its duck. I just love them and wish to experience rearing them.

michlins:
why are people this frustrated even on the internet. Your kind will see person do something good and still find a way to condemn that.

Why don't you find goodness in life and in what others do?

Op, rear your birds with happiness. Him and him kind has nothing on you

Abi, everybody can not have positive view about everything

Homeboiy:
You no see tolotolo train na idongwu

Release am make e go him dirty water

I have all of them. I have turkey, boiler, broiler hand cockerels. I jst wish to experience ducks too.

Even one of my noilers incubate hand hatch �

Christistruth00:
Please what breed are they

Duck farming is said to be lucrative

muscovy. The local specie. Easy to rear

Hatesin:


How do their meat taste?

Sweeter than chicken. Try it.

malcom1X:
What's this one?

I thought it was geese sef, mtcheew.

Fool

Waffarianman:
Why didn't you go for the matured once instead of duckings.

Matured ones:
Are expensive to buy.
Can not be familiar with ur compound easily in case you want to rear them on Free range.

So u train them from baby.

moneylam:


Abi, everybody can not have positive view about everything

what's wrong with this you have to say something bad about it

Waffarianman:
Why didn't you go for the matured once instead of duckings.

better the babies for a first timer

etrange:


I don't understand. What's wrong with ducks?

Why not just move on if you don't find his efforts good enough? Must you undermine them?

@OP: Are the mesh spaces no to big for thier feet? I have this feeling thier feet could easily slip through them since ducks are not good perchers.

As they get bigger, their feet will adapt to the mesh. I even plan of relocating them to another cage soon. So they will feel more comfortable there.

moneylam:


Matured ones:
Are expensive to buy.
Can not be familiar with ur compound easily in case you want to rear them on Free range.

So u train them from baby.

Ok

My Birds are 6 weeks today and doing fine. You can see they are bigger now.

They are feeding on Chicken feed mixed with Pap waste (Eri Ogi).

I use pink dye for the white... They are beautiful.

Good evening all. I lost all my little ducklings to cold as a result of the water they entered in the pix above.

Just because I love to raise ducks too, I bought another set of 5 ducklings (1 week old) to replace them last week on the 17th. Nov. Lesson is learnt now.

I will upload their pix below. I will be updating the thread on their growth.

Here they are. Now 2 weeks.

Here

Will keep them in the cage till they are mature for Free Range.