East Indie Ducks

My husband, Doug, admired these at the Wetaskiwin show. I must say there was quite an assortment of lovely iridescent Indies there. I neglected to see who was showing them. Anybody know? Anyone else have this lovely breed? What can you tell me about them?

Sue

Hi Sue,

They are a Bantam Duck and are common and fairly easy to raise. They hatch much easier then the Call ducks and are 90% quieter. Sorry they only come in Black. Following are the breeders from the shows:

Eric Small 780-594-2406 marshasmall78@yahoo.ca
Allan Lakusta 780-645-4841 alakusta@mcsnet.ca
J & J Call Ducks 204-843-2246
Terry & Shauna Willoughby 780-968-1818 terry@tigerlily.ca

Hi Sue
Tara (Higgins Rat Ranch) on the site here
raised them I think they still do they are on their website

Joe

Thank-you both! Rico, if you have noticed, I am rather partial to black (See dog on left)

Sue

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Oooohhh, I want!

As usual you are a wealth of information, Tara. I may be talking to you again soon. I envision a pond with a little fountain and a little duck house beside it.

Sue

Thanks a lot Sue!
I have always wanted ducks and thought the Indies were beautiful. Didn't know about the cool eggs. Sigh, Hubby says no every time I bring ducks up. If we were set up better I would just get some and he would never know.....did I say that out loud??? Oops.

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East Indes ducks I saw at a local petting farm is what started me on the path to waterfowl craziness I went home to find out what those beautiful ducks were. I couldn't talk my hubby into bantam ducks since he wasn't impressed with my sons bantam chickens so found Cayugas which are just as beautiful but big ducks. I'm not usually one to pick black but they are so gorgeous in the sun and so calm and quiet I LOVE them! The cayugas lay black eggs at the beginning of the season as well and I'm patiently awaiting my first cayuga eggs of the year I agree with Higgins though it is nearly impossible to capture the shine of them in photos and must be seen in person (in your own yard hehehe)
impossible to capture in pics but the shiny black bills and webbed feet are beautiful and all that thick black fluff

momma duck and her babies

Momma duck, poppa duck and the growing babies last fall

OMG, Serjay, I am in love with those fuzzy black babies! I can't imagine the effect those pictures must have on Coopslave!

Sue

OK, eggs now. Do they hatch well? Do they ship well? CAN ANYONE SEND ME SOME????? Baby duckings really do something to my heart! If I put them in a wading pool could I keep them at school? I wouldn't want to miss a moment of their cutesy duckieness! I could rationalize this action by claiming to share their cutieness with the kids. In reality it would all be about me! Oh, the rationalizations I think of!

Sue

Thanks alot sue Now you have me in love with a new breed
Now to just Talk Darwin into them LOL
I know he will say get rid of the Peking
But thats okay I like the Bantams better and and have the perfect area for them (will have to fence it tho)

Sure hope you get some sue as I know doug will like them and bet he would build them their on little area ( or he will talk you into building it)

Joe

My son hatched duck eggs in his Brinsea mini last year at school and they brooded for a week in a large fish tank so the kids could watch them. It worked out great and then as you can see in the duckling pic they were in a kiddie pool in my living room I'd think the bantam ducklings would be easier to brood in school since they're a bit smaller. Ducklings are adorable and sweet but after the first week whew do they get messy and smelly hahaha Welcome to waterfowl insanity
baby only couple hours old

livingroom duck brooder had to be changed at least daily

This way worked FAR better! Momma duck was 3yrs old last year and she did a fantastic job raising her babies unfortunately i didn't get to love and cuddle them much

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Tara, you are encouraging the right person. I have raised chicks, turkeys, rabbits, snakelets and puppies in my class here in Warburg. In previous classes I have also given birth to guppies, mice, quail, tadpoles, salamander larva and sowbugs!

So now I shall ask you to put your money where your mouth is. Do you sell your eggs? I think we are close enough that I could come to get them.

Sue

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PERSONAL WARNING to Coopslave...go here to this link below and learn the words {there are NO ducks mentioned in the lyrics at all...NONE, nada, NIL!!}....never mind the stuff below in my post here...off you go...

http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/o009.html



Ee i ee i oh! OFF YOU GO COOPSLAVE...no lookie...GO!!!

That didn't work Tara, I am not allowed turkeys EITHER!!

(of course I had to come back and look at the cute duckies )

Oh Tara, I know your policies very well. When I say 'put your money where your mouth is', I am calling you out to send me eggs after you have sung the virtues of raising ducklings in the class. And then you post pictures of baby ducklings? Oh, the cruelty. I will have you know I showed those pictures to my students and the oohs and aaahs could be heard on the other side of the school. When I told the children we couldn't have any, they cried! How COULD you!You must really hate children.

I hereby take the official title of "Evil Woman" from Cynthia and bestow it upon YOU! Cynthia, you are in the clear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU314nyMKWE

(In all seriousness, Tara, I applaud your morals and hope you know I am teasing you unmercifully! )

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Alas, life got busy and the search for Indies was set aside until later...

Sue

There was a kijiji ad under Red Deer.
Someone selling a pair.

In case you wanted to know.