Recent content by mrdelurk

Ever since my cell is ready to record audio, duckie boy is not wheezing anymore. Since 2 days he started running after adult females (he is already bigger than them). I guess that was as good a way to lose the surplus weight as any :lol:. Luckily the adult males give him a pass for being "the...

I know, the males communicate with a wheezy sound, but I hear this ducky wheeze even when just plain breathing. It does not cough or sneeze at all otherwise. Perhaps it is just too fat? The poop has often orange blobs of fat, as it loves getting pieces of chopped hot dog besides the crumble...

... I walked by the nests where duck moms sit on the eggs. "Hi, how's the egg sitting business, eggsciting?" (Then I thought: I must be going bananas. I'm telling puns to ducks. :lol:) Happy 4th of July

Roughly 1.25 females per male Used to be far worse, like 1.5 males per female for years, yet the girls didn't look this overbred.

My wife keeps telling me I should sell some male pet ducks because the females are getting raggedy from overbreeding. (Flock of 40.) I keep hesitating, because these are almost like family, they have names, they trust me, etc. Whichever boys I'd sell will miss their friends. Is there any...

One with a cartoon duck...

What duck carcasses tell us? I'm asking this because now that we are told that T-Rex had feathers... wait a minute! It walked on two legs, had feathers, tiny "hands", the beak is possibly decomposed early ... that's a giant duckling! 🤔

I tried the recipe I found online where one keeps eggs in lime water in a sealed bucket. My first load had 4 bad eggs. Some partially spilled, so the lime water is somewhat stinky. I removed the 4 iffy eggs. Does anyone know if I need to replace all the lime water too to continue? Or will the...

Starting with 3 pet ducks a few years ago, I have 40 now. I got used to the fact that young (non-Muscovy) ducks girls go through an early stage where they quack up a storm for no apparent reason for a while, before quieting down as they mature. Does anyone know how long this quacking stage...

True story

You knew it was only a matter of time before the duck memes begin... :D

My pet ducks follow a repeating routine daily. When I open the gate of their fenced area at 8 am, the younger generation pours out with D-day-like elan, then the group of 6 seniors leaves leisurely last, headed to a different area. Today, 1 of the 6 seniors died of ripe old age at dawn...

Thank you, Isaac. It's amazing what difference our resuscitation made to the flock. (They were all watching it quietly.) Now they treat me as one of the flock, even let me touch them. Until now I got respect & they'd move out of the way & skitter away from my hand. Now they come right up to me...