Hi everyone i havnt posted on the duck part of the forum for ages, ive been going through alot of things to do with my ducks and i feel i have to confess that i went the route of killing some of them for food, believe me i couldnt even touch it let alone eat it, I felt never ending guilt for...
I'll start by saying that this is the first time ive ever been a part of killing our own food, we killed 3 of our drakes on sunday and the whole family got involved, especially our 2 teens they helped pluck and prepare the ducks, I cooked them but couldnt bare to eat them, just looking at it...
My ducks freerange around my house and not to far from the house but ive never found and egg, other than when they were sitting on nests and we got ducklings. I have no idea where they might be laying them. Im just waiting and waiting and waiting for an egg. Do ducks hide their eggs? Do they go...
My Drake had the most stunning green head when i got him last August and gradually it stopped being green, is this normal or could there be something wrong with him(he has fathered 24 duckling with 2 ducks) he is a mallard cross/with i dont know what. They eat free range layer pellets for...
Because Ming ming is so sick at the moment I thought carrying him in my old baby sling was a great idea and as you can see he is pretty happy about it to!!
About 2 weeks ago I released Ming Ming to be with its family as I felt very guilty keeping him inside and hearing him cry every time he heard his family outside, My partner made me feel bad and a few other things had made me feel guilty enough to risk letting him go for the second...
Ming Ming is back with his/her family, i nursed MM back to health after 1 1/2 months and after careful consideration(and alot of pushing from my partner that MM would be ok) I let him go, he ran straight to his mum and brothers and sisters and joined the flock as if he had never been away, his...
My duckling (named Ming Ming by my daughter after the duckling on wonder pets) well and truly needs more space, he has spent alot of time in a large bird cage, getting let out to run around on the table, it also has an enclosure to run around in outside on the grass. This is all temporary until...
Wow ive never seen my duckling go mad for food before until i gave it some peas, i was thawing them out in some warm water in the sink and duckling almost jumped in, peeping loudly trying to get those peas, as soon as i put them on the table he raced over to them and gobbled them up, ha ate...
I would love to have my duckling cruise around the house but only with a diaper on, it would be soo much happier and not need to be confined so much, any help would be much appreciated:)
I love the little peep I really do but sometimes it is soo stinky, i cant believe how much it poops, i change its cage about 3 or 4 times a day, ahh its all for love:love
I found one of the 2 week old ducklings on its own yesterday, it was all wet and just sitting there not moving at all. I had seen the mother of the older ducklings being a bit agressive with it earlier, it is the smallest duckling of them all. I picked it up and bought it inside, it didnt fight...
Little brown has come through and is the proud mummy of 12 ducklings, she is a great mum and there is no aggression from the older ducklings and their dad is a loving dad too!!
Little brown sitting on here babies
little browns babies
first swim yee ha!!!!
Jemima and her ducklings...
My little brown mallard has just bought out 12 little duckilings:) I was in town of course and my son text me to say they have just come out, i couldnt wait to get home, they are sooo tiny. pics to come :celebrate:ya:love