A Few Facts About Ducks

Did you know…

• Ducks are one member of the water bird family called “Waterfowl.”

• Waterfowl have two characteristics in common:
  • webbed feet to help them swim and dive
  • waterproof feathers

• Female ducks are called ‘hens.”

• Male ducks are called “drakes.”

• There are 150 different kinds of ducks in the world.

• Some ducks live in the same area year round while other ducks fly to warmer places in the winter.  This is called “migration.”

• In the spring, a migrating duck will return to the same place where they were hatched and raised.

• A mother hen will make her nest near the water.

• A mother hen will lay one egg a day until there are ten or twelve eggs.

• A group of eggs is called a “clutch.”

• A group of ducklings is called a “brood.”