Duck Showmanship

No one is going to be allowed to bring thier ducks, chickens, turkeys, and geese to the fair this year. I decided to do a post on how to show a duck. These pictures are of a khaki campbell drake. Khaki campbells are part runner, so they have more of an upright position when standing.

 

When showing ducks at the fair you should be dressed in a long-sleeved white dress shirt or a white lab coat and blue jeans. You should be neat and clean and remember to smile. You should also let your duck take a bath a few hours before the show. Put some olive oil on a cloth and wipe it on the bill, legs, and feet to make them shiny.

 

 

 

To Begin



 

Put the duck in an alert position on the table.

 



You pick the duck up with a hand under and on top.
There will be other pictures on how to have the hand that is under the duck.



To put the duck's head up in an alert position take one finger and put it under the
head and lift up.

Parts of the duck




Head



eye



nostril




bill and the bean
( the bean is the black at the end of the bill )



throat



neck



ear
( behind the eye )



cape



saddle



drake feathers
( only males have them )




tail



fluff

 



web




toe



shank



foot



primary feathers (for flight)



secondary feathers (for flight, shorter and broader than the primaries)



covert feathers
 (they protect the larger feathers by covering the quill, they insulate the bird, and they smooth the airflow over the body during flight)



wing

How To Show Different Sections

 

flip the duck sideways but not upsidedown. The tail should nicely unfold by it's self



To show the underside of the wing you put the duck's head between your arm and body and pull
the wing out and up.



You hold the feet by putting two fingers around each leg as shown and put your thumb
at the top of the leg.