Zippy the family wood duck
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- A video of a breeding male wood duck who thinks he belongs with humans. Zippy lives on the screen porch of our RV while our house is being built in florida. He showed up one day last fall and appears to be a duck that was hand raised and got loose or was released for a "farm hunt" and ended up here at the campground looking for food. He flies fine and appears in good health, prefers my wife's company. Sorry about the allergy sniffing its early am and I never intended to make a documentary about this duck until I realized its so abnormal.
12 years later an zippy is still bringing joy to people
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Can’t believe i haven’t seen this before now. In my opinion, the male wood duck is the fanciest of all ducks. He’s got the haircut, the colors, and the silver tongue to impress the ladies. What a blast to have one as a pet. Being waste deep in water on a cold winter morning listening to these guys talk is a magical experience. They can talk!!!
love being out there listening to em wake up and fly across the tree line
What!? A silver tongue!? That's crazy.
Look up the mandarin duck, they’re even fancier.
They’re very magnificent, so are male Goldeneyes and Common Eiders. I’ve seen Wood ducks here in Northern Virginia, I love watching them and hearing their calls. I’ve never seen any Goldeneyes or Eiders but I dream to see them.
When a bird "nibbles" on your hand, like you said he's doing something with your feathers....you are so right! That is how birds show affection for each other. When Zippy does that, he feels he is "preening" you, and it is a show of LOVE! Oh how wonderful and cute!! Its nice to see someone giving enough to be in tune with a "wild" bird.
Hi mom!
What a gorgeous bird! He seemed like quite the character. You were lucky to have a feathered friend like him. May his soul rest in peace.
b1njjj95 Surreal.
Indeed! I have never seen a Wood duck so tame like that. Oh no, he died? damn..that’s so sad..may he rest in peace in animal heaven with Henry the goose and Harambe the Gorilla.
I still talk about zippy to folks and they ask about him. We no longer have zippy, rest his soul. but ill tell you it was the craziest pet i have ever had or seen. I appreciate all the replies.
jim28fl I'm sorry to hear that. You guys gave him a great life. Thank you for sharing him with us :)
jim28fl His diet was very wrong. You seemed to know that he had nutritional problems, did you ever correct his diet? They eat mostly grubs and plants, not grains.
farrelli7777
I'm not sure it was clear but he was a free bird who slept on moved onto my porch and i offered him various bird seeds n such corn acorns as they were available but he never seemed to really want a specific food.. he ate bugs from the porch and Dabbled a bit in the lake, but always seemed to be content on the porch there at the
RV. He slept in a box every night there by the window went for walks with us. regularly flew into the large pine tree above the RV. craziest duck. just wanted to be party of the family i guess.
farrelli7777 no ,they eat a lot of grains rice corn soy beans
fullstrutn No, they definitely don't. I'm involved in rescue and rehab of primarily waterfowl and get my info from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, basically the Harvard Medical School of vet schools, and wood ducks mostly eat water based greens with grains, seeds, and bugs making up the rest. They eat a higher proportion of protein rich bugs than most other waterfowl. This is especially true when they are very young. At that point they have a very high protein requirement. Rice, especially white rice, is bad for most animals, including wood ducks. Beans, lentils, and soy, if uncooked tend to also be very bad for animals because they contain Antinutrients which block the absorption of needed nutrients. Peas are one of the few exceptions that they can eat uncooked. Not paying close attention to the proper diet of an animal can cause all manner of issues, including death. For example, I work a lot with squirrels, and the majority of the problems we see with squirrels coming in from homes where they were kept as pets are where they were fed a diet of nuts. Believe it or not, nuts should only form a small portion of a sq's diet, and many nuts (like peanuts - which actually aren't nuts) are terrible for them because they're incredibly high in phosphorous, which blocks calcium absorption, and sqs have a very high calcium requirement. With depleted calcium levels, they become fragile, tend to have seizures, become paralyzed, and die. Diet is always super important for any species.
the little soft nibbles is a sign of affection. its like duck kisses.
That's not a duck, that's a kazoo with feathers.
Your face is a kazoo with feathers.
ROFL!!! But a very adorable feathered kazoo!
@@tudorhistoryguy your face is uglyy
@@madelynrae1456 thanks it's actually my mom you dipshit
@@tudorhistoryguy ew tell her to brush her teeth they yellow af
He just showed up? That's so cute! He must have been someones pet that got lost or something. He seems way to comfortable around people! I always heard wood ducks were hard to tame.
To all of those who say wood ducks have no webbed toe are wrong. This duck does not have webbed feet ,why I don`t know but he should. But to the maker of the video thanks hehehe he is a cutie . So brilliant and he has a personality too hehe
I think someone deliberately cut off his webs. I had a mallard duck come into my rescue with no webs and her bill and tongue cut off. She belonged to a 14 year old that got her for Easter. He tortured her.
this is adorable, thank you for being good human beings and taking care of him and being kind to him
Just now seeing this awesome video. My favorite of all our North American waterfowl. The "Woodie". To see you bond with him is so incredible. Thanks for sharing this.
So cute. I'm glad you got to experience a pet like Zippy! Thank you for sharing.
I have gotten a baby wood duck this year from a lady in my local area. After he got bigger and found out he was a drake, I named him after your Zippy because of how awesome he is. Definitely makes the best pet duck I have, and I have mostly domestic breeds. lol
I just got a chance to view the comments. I hate to hear about losing your Zippy. He looked to be an amazing pet for you.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with your duck. This all sort of happened naturally and I think sharing that helps other folks make decisions, many ducks are separated at a young age and they make fair family pets or are worth rescuing. A wood duck would be very rare of course. It was such a great experience I had to share with the world. best of luck with your wood duck as zippy lives on in him I'm sure. Make some videos. I actually took zippy on the bass boat once and he flew along side the boat as we cruised. That video would have been the best on you tube, but we didn't think to record it. He literally flew along with the boat in the lake for ten minutes before he landed back at the porch. Right beside our faces as the boat went along at 30 MPH. Amazing experience alot like the Canada goose videos of folks in ultralights. Zippy was always free to leave when he wanted which made it that much more magical. We always came home to see if zippy had moved on and in the end, it was us who moved him on to another family to share. He was very loyal behaving as well.
How is Your zippy doing? Got any good stories? My best story is when we would go for boat rides on the lake there and zippy would fly out to catch up with us and fly along the boat and land on the deck in motion. That would have been a awesome video had i though to do that back then. Still talk about my zippy often.
Such a beautiful bird 💕
That may be a touch of hyperkeratosis there at the corners of his beak. If he's solely eating commercial feed it's likely to get worse. Wood ducks are pretty specialized foragers. In the fall and winter, their natural diet will be nearly 100% acorns, pecans, beech nuts and any other tree nuts they can find. Wild vegetation like smartweed, sedge and even goatweed are also important. During the spring and summer, most of what they eat will be duckweed. When the wild muscadines ripen, wood ducks will strip a vine bare in a matter of hours. They will opportunistically eat tadpoles, insects and any fish they can catch when they are hungry, but they clearly prefer tree nuts to any other fare. You don't need to crack acorns or pecans for them; wood ducks have an enormous gizzard for that purpose. It's so huge it occupies between 1/4 and 1/3 of their body cavity. If I were in your position I would try feeding him some acorns, maybe some soaked wild rice or whole grain rice and see if he'll eat spinach or lettuce... And I'll be surprised if he doesn't like grapes.
I take Japanese beetles off the plants in the garden. I have one question you may know the answer to. Like the situation with this duck where he is missing feathers around his beak, mine is missing feathers around his eyes just a little, not a lot. Is the beetles? I should probably find out what goat weed looks like and where to get it, I do have grapes, plenty, and acorn season is way out of reach. I might have peanuts. I did feed him bread once, but I do not want to do that too much, since it could cause health problems. Backstory: on the river with hurt wing, thats where I found Rockstar. He is very small, like the pullet version of a chicken or a cockerel. Ill be sure to try the grapes though. Also, I put him with two chickens that didn't fit in with the others. They seem to be getting along slowly, such as sleeping together and eating together. I wanted to give him company. Also, one more thing, walks and swimming does happen a lot outside of his coop. Not much of a swimmer though.
So cute! Wonderful that you guys gave him the opportunity to leave, and he CHOSE to stay!!!
The most beautiful of all the ducks
Wow, that is freaking awesome, I'm a duck hunter and after seeing this I want one for a pet! Wood ducks are my favorite, they're so beautiful
The cats of the duck world. Always fighting with each other. They are beautiful for sure, I love them as well.
If you get one they will most likely fly away if you don’t confine them. That’s the only sad part about having one as a pet. I really want one as a pet but I’d hate to confine it they are wild animals. I’d get something like a mallard or a domestic breed like a khaki Campbell or a call duck if you don’t want it to fly away.
Zippy is so adorable rest in peace❤
A really awesome video of Zippy! thanks for sharing...i had no idea wood ducks acted like that, what a little character!
Zippy seems friendly.
Omgosh he was adorable!! What a character!! ❤
Oh dear Lord he is so freakin' cute!!! 😍
give him acorns
Great video; thanks for sharing with us; ducks are good company; very entertaining.
Great duck! Really smart and interactive. I think he likes Dad too. Would be great to see Zippy with Mom. More videos of Zippy if you have them. Love wood ducks. We have mallards, but they are still wild, and just visit throughout the year when they have babies. They come to feed and bring their babies up their ramp to roost, preen, and get oats and meal worms.
Woodduck and mandarin ducks are by far the most beautiful birds in the duck family
Have you seen the harlequin duck?
King Eiders are also quite beautiful.
+FaZeBooce Gaming Bufflehead drakes get pretty cool looking come winter time. Make for great diver hunting as well!
Harryson Xiong what about harlequin ducks.
CeriseArt no way, not even close
I saw my first wood duck this summer. The colors on them!
Thank you. This is so endearing. You may want to take him to the vet to take a look at his missing feather spot and perhaps they can help you with nutrition/ vitamins. Maybe bacterial/fungus related, something easy to fix with some attention. All the best
That’s adorable. RIP Zippy
The legendary Zippy he will be remembered in history
Awesome wood duck. I love it man. He seems more like a human if he sits down on the lawn chair. Anyways. Nice video. Thanks for sharing
OMG he is so cute!
Olá! Estou no BRASIL, Triângulo Mineiro. Parabéns pelo Zippy; amo Carolinos e os crio aqui no BRASIL. Obrigado, gostei do seu vídeo e apaixonei me pelo Zippy...
That's so awesome. I had the privilege of raising an orphaned baby black Swedish duck. Easily the most amazing and powerfully emotional experience I've ever had.
I have a bucket list of animals I want to interact with someday. Wood ducks and indigo snakes are at the top of that list.
Awww, Zippy was a beautiful duck!
Zippy is an amazing little woody. This is great info, I have moved from the lake recently and left zippy in charge of a farmer friends pond. I will c if he can add some b3 in some corn mash n leave it out. After the summer cooled off here in florida his feathers seemed to come back a bit and he decreased the scratching. maybe it was the heat here. thanks for responding...
That is just amazing, Jim. What happened to him, did he die of old age, or was he sick?
So cute and beautiful!!!!
What a beautiful duck!!
That's pretty cool! Wood ducks don't quack they chatter and have high pitch squeals.. if you ever come across another wood duck as a pet the eat acorns in the wild as their preferred food
I've never seen a duck so bold around humans. That's amazing!
Male Woodies are the most beautiful of all wild ducks. In my opinion.
Cool video. I've never seen a wood duck before.
Hmm thats weird why the wood duck doesn't really have a full webbed foot 🤔
Very cool. What's weird is his feet look odd.... It looks like the webs are gone....
Zippy recognizes the keg miser, pour him out a cool tall one!
Oh wat a beautiful Duck 🦆
I'm sitting here deleting odd letters as my seven day old wood duckling tries to taste the keyboard lol.
Here in Florida, hens will lay two clutches a year. This little guy was the survivor of an owl invasion that wiped out all but him (her? Too early to tell).
+Deanna Crownover
I'm sure he or she will make a great addition to the family. Zippy was a great flyer and it was amazing to watch him fly freely then come back to hang out with us. I was not his captor but his friend. something hard to believe an animal can be sometimes. He was free to leave when ever he wanted. We gave him the freedom to do as he pleased. it was amazing he choose to hang around. No one believed he acted as he did till they saw him, pet him, walked with him. Just amazing and so beautiful at the same time. I wish I had a way/ the interest to video him back then as i do now. Something i'll never have a chance to do again i don't think. So abnormal. Good luck to you and your new friend.
+jim28fl I know the hurt of losing a wild friend. I've rehabbed hundreds of animals and one squirrel (Twirly) and this little guy imprinted. They were leaving the nest for the first time when the owls attacked...they'd been waiting in the cypress head.
We last saw our little girl squirrel on thanksgiving day, last year. she came in and stole two pieces of marzipan and went to her outdoor drey (she'd made an indoor drey in a parrot cage on the back porch and had seven litters in five years in that cage and all her babies still live here. third generation now.) and that was the last time we saw her.
I'm interested how long this guy will stick around...longer if it's a female I'd imagine.
I'll keep you posted!
Deanna Crownover you never kept us posted it’s been 3 years damnit we need answers.
thanks for the video of an extremely tame wood duck-very unusual. I once encountered a male eider duck-in the middle of a road,I was able to approach him within 20 feet-and he seemed unconcerned.
I think its a farm wood duck.. Someone has cuz the webbing on his feet
You have no clue what you are talking abou there not webed because they roost in trees
@@brianconroy7514 chill
@@brianconroy7514 No actually YOU have no clue. They do nest in trees, but the feet are normally webbed like any other duck. This duck's webbing has been altered. Go look at photos/video of other wood duck and you will see exactly what the guy is talking about.
@@direfranchement bla bla bla bla bla YOU NEED TO GROW UP !
@CATC CATim the sack of shit you might want to ask your parents how to spell shit before you type it lol and wild wood ducks have webbing on there feet too !
I feed mallards and came across Purina duck feed. If anything seems out of sorts with any of them I make it a point to get them some extra pellets. That stuff hits the ground and it's gone, they love it and it's amazing what we have seen the past two years cure them. Thank you
Rescued a male wood duck last june- amazing little bird-named him Tool
As a duck hunter, I can tell you that Zippy might need a few acorns in his diet. Every wood duck in the wild will have a gullet full of acorns. They pick them up off the bottom in sloughs and cuts of rivers, streams, and lakes. Acorns would really supplement his diet and might help his feather loss around his bill. Zippy could also have mites around his bill.
Such a pretty duck. Why not name him "Woody"? He's definitely a kazoo with feathers.
This is astounding! I've never seen a wood duck this close up before!
Have you ever given him duck feed? The little greenish rabbit food looking pellets?
Pretty happy little guy yeah. He's pretty awesome, I like wood ducks. But his feet are messsed up. He's missing all the webbing in between his toes I wonder what caused that. 🤔
Such a pretty looking duck.
One of the best duck breeds I know
Is this Wood Duck still with you guys? I wish I have one fly to my backyard! Birds go with happy people and I am sure you guys are awesome people ;)
That's a nice story, gave the little fella choice to come and go. Bet he thought your wife was his girlfriend. Funny little boy :-)
Does he get a crusty sort of buildup on those bare spots near his beak? It could be mites. Use a Q-tip and swab some olive oil on the spots every day. It will smother the mites and it won't hurt him.
I've heard that wood ducks are not easy to get near. They are skittish unlike mallards
If you can get some black oak acorns. They love them.
his webbed feet are cut defiantly a farm raised duck
MattMohs Outdoorshow
I'm not too in to ducks, I'm a chicken guy myself, so I don't know much about them.
Why would his webs be cut off?
+Matthew Mohs - Definitely doubting on that for me. Wood ducks aren't the usual types of ducks you'd use on a farm. Most farm-raised ducks are domestic breeds, like the Pekin duck. The wood duck, however, is a wild species; it's not domesticated. At one point in the video, he mentions that Zippy has some nutritional problems, which caused bald spots on the corners of his bill. I'm not too sure, but I'm guessing that's what also resulted in the reduced webbing in between his duck toes. Another user in the comments section points out that wood ducks are specialized foragers, and primarily feed on acorns, nuts, sedge, waterweeds, and even fish, tadpoles, and insects. Commercial feed doesn't provide enough nutritional supplements since ducks have adapted for a primarily aquatic lifestyle.
Curtis Beal - I don't get why really anyone would clip off a duck's webbing if that's the case, since, ducks naturally don't have webbed feet that short. Zippy's got some abnormal degree of the membrane between his toes, which isn't natural among waterfowl.
It's weird. But wood ducks are very wild ducks so to be this tamed he was rised by hand very carefully. In a farm he would not be this tamed.
Thats fantastic man...lol. I just came across a wood duckling at the power plant where I work near the woods and I thought it was an abandoned duckling because it just sat there looking dazed and I did not know anything about wood ducklings, how they jump out of the tree nest and make their way to the water. I didn't want to put it back out there for fear that it would not survive so I am going to try and take care of it for a little bit. Might go to Wal Mart after work for some kale and corn. I hope this one ends up as awesome as yours. ha.
Get a card board box and cut a hole on one end and some peep holes on the others so the duck can roost in it at night. i used to push mine up to the window for awhile; to be sure no cats or anything got in after him, but after a while i stopped working about it. Depends whats in your area that could prey on the duck while its roosted. Plenty of advise in here about food and id start taking it with you every where possible to build up a bond. Try not to be afraid it will run off. Pretty quick they learn your routine. Mine would always try n follow me to the truck when I left to work if none else was home. that was sorta tricky. i took him to work many times and others left him on the porch. some times he wool be gone for a day or two. but he was always around when we sat out side for a bit he would hear us and fly back to the porch. Keep us posted.
jim28fl right on, thanks for the advice.
It’s been loving the mallard duckling I bought to keep it company. I’ll have to post the videos of them when I can.
Wood ducks and harlequins are stunning!
I'm sorry. I had a khaki Campbell duck and when she died it was difficult. It takes time - lots of time, but I don't think you ever completely get over it. He sounds so much different than my duck. He sounds like "Squeaky the Wood Duck." Very entertaining.
God damn listen to how cute he sounds..lol..Most are loud as hell
Gorgeous duck.
Zippy is awesome! After seeing Zippy's video & reading comments I have a story that might be of interest to people. For those who ever wondered how long a wook duck can live I can tell you first hand they can live 13 years. A baby wood duck came into our lives & became part of our family. Never being confined, we have been through potty training, sickness & even a hawk attack. Anyone interested in reading this story can go to (bbotw.com )or (amazon.com) The title of the book is "Little Swede"
That is so cool. I love to listen to him. Hunted them for years , now just love to watch and listen. That s great.
Man you have an awesome video, He appears to be hand raised i would bet, most wood ducks dont stick around for more than a few seconds at ANYTHING they dont recognize. "zippy" is a very talkative little man too, in the wild they say that a drake Wood duck only does 1% of all calling done by wood ducks. These ducks dont quack they make that high pitched "sitting call" and "chatter" when they are roosting or on the water. I love Wood ducks, they are gorgeous!!
Did you clip his wings? We have a female wood duck and she was rescued very young and hasn't had any contact with any other ducks. But thats a gorgeous bird!
+Samantha Epstein
No he was 100% wild and just stayed at the house for what ever reason.. he would wonder in under the porch at his leisure. He was free to come n go. we kept a box for him to stay in at night which he seemed to like just fine.
Awesome. Lovely pet
My duck is 6 years old and he wanted to go on a walk today
weird. The people at work swear that wood ducks cannot be tamed. Guess this proves them wrong.
He doesn't look tamed...
You should see my wood duck. 100% has no clue he’s a duck.
@@Mikey-ym6ok he is. I have wood ducks and i can not get closer than 3 meters from them.
He would fly on the lake while i drove the boat and land on the deck when i stopped to fish totally part of the family. thats one video I really wish I had. Talk about zippy all the time still what a great opportunity to enjoy a wood duck.
he has no swimming membrane between its toes, something went wrong, Was he injured ?.... He seems to be a nice Wood Dude, I have some of them as well
also : 4 pairs of mandarins (nesting right now) , Bahama Pintails, Eauropean Pintails
Black Swans, Canada Geese, Wild Mallard, Red Crested Pochards, Foulvus Whisteling ducks, Grey Geese, And Some Call Ducks, Pheasants , Quails, Chickens and Partridges ... I love gamebirds and waterfowl....
They love black oak acorns.
I have a Wood Duck as a pet and his Name is Tippy
Beautiful
he is sooo BEAUTIFUL!! :)
Elegant 😉
All an elegant men 😉
The little nibbling thing I think is call feaking.
Correct me if I’m wrong
He is a wood duck he lives in the trees he has no webbing so he can land in the trees. awesome birds right there it is hard to shoot them some times.
wow thats a very pretty duck! i can see why you call him Zippy
His colors are very nice
As a former sick patent, they make waterfowl chow. We used Masuri.
Awwww!! soo cute! I have two ducks. they follow us. they are rouen ducks.
He is so cute
Wood ducks feet aren't completely webbed to allow them to grab on to tree limbs. The nest in holes in trees.
That's really cool!
I agree with Benjamin, wood ducks love acorns
two words: whole-some
The good thing is father ducks also protect there young
I have a wood duck named Swayze :) i've had him since he was a hatchling....just kinda wandered up and never left. How long did you have Zippy?
We had zipy 2 yrs till we moved to a place that could not accommodate him anymore so he went to a friends farm where he had ponds n other ducks. i suspect he lived three or four more years. but I'm not sure. Great pet. Amazing more like it.
Why does everyone say wood ducks love acorns? I have 4 wood ducks and they don't touch acorns. I feed them Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance and mealworms. They also eat other insects, small fish, snails, and vegetation.
It really depends on if there more of a river systerm or lake duck. All the wood ducks we track by lakes dont like acorns but the river, creek and small pothole ducks love em.
Nice wood duck zippy nice name too
I think you should be feeding him duck food pellets they seel it at Tractor Supply stores! Not sure where your from but thats what I feed my ducks and NEVER fed him MEDICATED food it will kill Zippy!! He is so cute and he loves you and your wife such a cute story!! Thanks for sharing Zippy with us! I also never trim my ducks nails but thats just me I do paint her nails thou lol! I was also intrigued with the sound he makes and his feet arent webbed? Is that normal for Wood ducks??
he is too cute. cool video
@panamasipu Wood Ducks are roosting Ducks, they have slightly less webbing on their feet than "puddle Ducks" like Mallards and Teal.