Posts by DuckiesAndBees

I'm thinking this could be the start of "Bring your duck to work day!"

Yay! Your duckies are very pretty and I'm glad they're okay!

I have a black walnut tree in the backyard, but I don't think we get walnuts until the fall. If you still need some by then I would be happy to send some. Do you need the ones that fall to the ground or the ones that are green on the tree?

I have ducks that dirty the pool. A few times a week, the dirty pool water is pumped to a hose which waters and fertilizes the veggie garden. The ducks will (hopefully) eat the buggies from the garden (well probably some of the garden...

I have to say I don't think I've ever seen a slug in real life- at least not in my backyard! This thread is making me happy I don't live in "slug country!" Probably a good thing because so far my ducks are scared of worms...

I like the name D'Artagnan- we had Porthos, Athos and, Aramis bunnies once! I agree that the runners look funny, but my first duck was a runner so I love them anyway. Not sure what to tell you about the pool problem. For the first...

Although the maggots of some species will only eat dead tissue, some will eat live tissue. I think this is more likely the case, especially considering the timeline that you gave. We've had this problem with rabbits before. It can start...

I use a digital scale so it's accurate to 2/10 of a lb. If you don't have one maybe a neighbor would?

We always weighed our rabbits by holding them and getting on the digital scale, getting on without the rabbit, and subtracting to get the animal's weight. Works with ducks too, just remember that your weight is on trial too