New Babies!

These are baby pekin ducks. Boy what an adventure their life has been so far! They were hatched Monday, October 25 and shipped from California to Cincinnati, Ohio. They arrived here this morning Wednesday, October 27.

I ordered 12 "straight run" baby pekin ducks. Straight run means you get luck of the draw - basically, you have no preference if you get either boys or girls. Hopefully, you get 50/50 and the hatcheries do try to give you that mix. The boys will be our "next generation" meat ducks and the girls will be our egg layers. So look for more duck meat this coming Spring! We will probably be ordering more meat ducks in March as the duck meat seems to be very popular. Also this Spring we will be offering meat chickens.

By the way, do you know how to tell the difference between a boy duck and a girl duck (outside of the "obvious"). A girl duck has a loud, obnoxious quack (gee, I wonder why?). The boy duck sounds like he has a bad cold and has a hoarse quack. Also, a boy duck has a feather that curls on his tail. So the next time you go to a duck pond, you can impress your friends by telling them which ducks are girls and boys!