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 Post subject: training ducks for the show
PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:04 pm 
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I was wondering if anyone here can give any tips about training ducks for showing

in particular, what type of flooring is used in the training pen, due to their messiness, the floors in my pens are VERY wet

do people give their ducks treats to settle them whilst in the training pens? if so, what sort of treats?

any comments gratefully appreciated

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julie at serenity wrote:
I was wondering if anyone here can give any tips about training ducks for showing

in particular, what type of flooring is used in the training pen, due to their messiness, the floors in my pens are VERY wet

do people give their ducks treats to settle them whilst in the training pens? if so, what sort of treats?

any comments gratefully appreciated

regards

Julie



hi julie,
in the pens at shows they use wood shavings , you could use straw for your ones at home,

most ducks dont like being handled, i just place mine in the pen and they will soon settle down,
i dont bother pen training mine,

at shows you dont give your birds any feed or water until after judgeing , that way they keep clean for the judges ,
once judgeing is over you can give your birds water , and some layer pellets or scratch mix,
i dont userly feed my birds until i get home as i dont like them eating incase they run out of water, as i like to make shore my ducks have water when eating,

hope this has helped in some way ,


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thanks for that info.

BTW, how do you get a white duck to stay white before the show? let her have a bath the day before and put her in a clean training pen?

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julie at serenity wrote:
thanks for that info.

BTW, how do you get a white duck to stay white before the show? let her have a bath the day before and put her in a clean training pen?



yes that will work,

most of mine do good job of keeping there self clean, i try and keep there yards clean as possible, not easy at times,
once clean i put mine in a old bird avery i have a deep layer of sand in mine to help keep things clean,

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OK, thanks for that,

my 11 year old son has a white muscovy that he wants to show, and we have our cayugas,we are off to our first show for this year (this weekend), and this will be our first go at showing ducks...

so tomorrow we shall try to get them clean (fingers crossed)

mmmmm ducks showing......a totally new experience for us....I can feel a steep learning curve about to hit us

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Stuart wrote:
How did you go?


thanks for asking Stuart.
as David had the only muscovy, he walked away with best of breed, we have learnt she is a little small (shame as I like her size)

the cayugas were quite skittish at the beginning, but they settled down as the day went on,they were the only cayugas there (as I expected), but I had a great day, learnt alot (as I always do) met some lovely people who were very helpful, and was reassured that now that they have had a show, they will be much more settled, they are only 4 months old, and are yet to get their full plumage, but they still had plenty of people stop and look , and ask what they were.......

I know they are only young, but I really want to have them settled for when they are big and beautiful :)

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Great a win is a win a_bravo.gif :-D


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thankyou :-D

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Yep that’s right a win is a win it’s not David’s fault their was only one entry his was the best Muscovy on the day simple as that.

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