OK, hello, erm, right. I don't know much about ducks (or indeed backyard chickens, front yard chickens or free range chickens for that matter) but I do know I love watching them and I enjoy their company so this is my first attempt at keeping ducks. So far I've had many casualties through...
I think he's a drake as he has two distinct downward curved tail feathers and a rather husky "raaarp" instead of a quack. He's just gotten out of the bath here and is still preening and a bit wet but you get the picture.
Many thanks
Mucky's mamma...
Hi guys
Thanks to your advice my newly hatched Call Duck (Wee Plucky Ducky) no longer has feet like cheesy Quavers. I used little cardboard soles held in place with a small sticky plaster. He was breech. I had to break him out of the pointy end of his unusually small egg and he was completely...