Hi. Welcome back to Pine Meadows Hobby Farm. I'm your host Jerry Hanson
Today we are going to talk about these ducks
These are the Pekin ducks
They found their origins from that canals of China
when the barges would come from the agricultural region
and navigate through the
canals taking grain to
Beijing China. The grain would
fall from the barges and these
ducks who are primarily a mallard
would eat the grain. And over the years the eating the grain they grew bigger and
fatter and
also lost their pigments
and became white pigmented
so now you have the Pekin duck which is also the same duck they use in the AFLAC
commercials
This is schooner. He's one of my males
I've named by ducks after boats
I've got Dorey, Schooner, I have
Pram, and Skiff. And of course my older
duck which is a female she is
a her name is Daisy Duck
these males, their called to drakes
way you can tell I'm male from a female
is by sound
female had a loud QUACK, Quack quack
A male has a more subtle
quack. Anyway there's another point
and noticing the difference between a male and female
is that the males have this curly feather
on their tail. that indicates the male that's how you can tell the difference between a
white duck
that among the white ducks, and which one is the duck
male drake, and which ones female
The males are larger than the female
Of course among the
the Mallard you'll see the male are all real colorful and the female
really kinda bland, earthy colors. The reason for this is
so the males could draw attention of predators away from the nest
and the hens, being able to match the environment, is able to
a stay on the eggs and blend in with the environment
and avoid the detection of predators
So this is one of my bigger males
he is roughly about six pounds of duck
I've always had a pet duck since I was a little kid.
Oh, probably in the fourth grade i've had pet ducks.
But now I have my own farm and I
I have my own set of ducks along with geese her at
Pine Meadows Hobby Farm.
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Alright guy, go back to the pond
Yup, you can go back to the pond.
Bye