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Congratulation! 🥳 How Many duxlings did she hatched?

[Turning on the Australian accent] - And this is wot loife with dux looks loike:

Such a net is on my list for the last five years, but they are crazy expensive here. I am really thinking of trying to build one myself.

You may also catch some wisdom with that… 🤣

I know! - You should apply at the American Poultry Association to register those as a new recognized breed: The »Blurry Duck«, Anas platyrhynchos magnoliensis.

Posted a longer video of the little ones here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/%F0%9F%A6%86-the-dux-has-woken-up-%F0%9F%A6%86.1620949/post-27815859

The difference between the store-bought ducklings and the one you hatched is clearly visible: The two ducklings from TSC are crisp and clear, whereas your duckling is blurry…

I used dishwasher soapy water to flatten the fluff on Monday evening and wasn't able to find the vent, so i concluded that there isn't one and made an appointment with the vet. Also that duckling did not pooped when set down into water - which seems to be a reflex for ducklings. Dr. Patton told...

I caught the problem Panda last night. - The one that attacked the runner duck. He has plenty of experience with these life-traps, trying to trigger the door before going inside and lick out the peanut butter-cup. I saw him reaching for the trigger plate from the outside of the trap on several...

Here's a picture of my Rescue Ducklings from this morning, as all ducklings they are slipper-fetishists too: I still wasn't myself today after spending six hours at the vet yesterday, but the little bugger is doing much better. It still is not pooping as it should, but the bulge in his rump is...

First mail-order ducklings i used colored zip-ties, Violeta Duck is still wearing her purple one since 2019. Blanca lost her red one sometime in 2021. I tried the spiral-bands, elastic and snap-on. You need three hands to attach those on a flailing duckling. Since 2019 i have not put a leg band...

You can expect great things from this one. A little Duckstein…

Peanut-Butter! - Some of the really clever ones take two or three attempts. I lock the trap door one or two times and bait the trap to make them feel save and then…

Yes, you told us about that horrible attack! - What was the final outcome with your neighbor?

Which also means nine sleeps before the summer solstice here and then the days become shorter and shorter and shorter and … 😱

It is just a bruise, but that bandit was not rabid. It was clear as distilled-water in its mind and not driven by a brain altering virus. So far it has not returned this night but the peanut-buttered trap is set…

As for the »don't move« part: Yes, it is instinct. My ducks are always watching the sky, the drakes more than the ducks. They will quickly learn that small aircraft and those big bulky transport planes from the National Guard don't pose a thread. However these pesky commercial city-hoppers are...

Sorry to hear about my name-sake gosling! :hugs Sometimes these things happen and there's nothing we can do about it…:confused:

Just a draining, bad and busy week…

Almost got a heart-attack last night! I was sitting on my porch, re-potting the remaining tomato plants, watching Sunny Sunshine incubating her seven (?) eggs and the five rescue ducklings trying to adopt her when... All of the sudden a duck was screaming out of the top of her lungs, that...