Recent content by allz28

Aww, thank you!

Thank you! I'm a little weird. Most people think ducklings are the cutest thing ever, but I think mature ducks are even cuter. The older mine get, the more I like them.

I've always heard from people that unless you hatch them yourself, they may never fully trust you. But handling them often will certainly help.

I think it's very possible they will not be female. I've never been able to tell the difference by voice in young ducks.

This was our first time raising ducks and we learned a whole lot! Our coonhound, June, absolutely fell in love with these ducklings and quickly became their mom. They wouldn't even swim in our lake the first time until she got in first.

I had built a floating duck house that I had hoped my ducks would learn to sleep in every night. I attempted to "train" them to use it for nearly a month by only feeding them in it and catching them and putting them in it every night. Long story short, my ducks were not very trainable. But...

I see. My ducks are not very brave. We live on a lake and they've never swam more than 50 feet or so from our dock. They always want to keep an eye on their house and the moment something scares them, like a boat or a turtle, they paddle like crazy for home. I wonder if you might want to...

What are the dangers that worry you about the lagoon? Perhaps we can mitigate them.

Yes, I do think we have one of the best dogs in the world! And you're probably right about her not fending off cats. In her mind, squirrels are much more evil! lol

Hi folks. I'm mostly here for the ducks since we aren't allowed to have chickens in our neighborhood. We have 2 mallard ducks that we raised this year. We started with 4 but unfortunately a hawk injured one when it stuck its head through the pen wire, and a cat killed another when they were...