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Next summer I will be moving across the country - close to two thousand miles. I will have a rented moving truck, and behind it a trailer with my car on the trailer. I am moving with two large dogs, one of whom thinks ducks are tasty snacks, one cat, one hen and fourteen ducks. The dogs will...

Paper towels are very slippery. They work for chicks that are very strong, but weak ones can't get a grip. I suggest something with more texture so it can try to get on its feet. An old towel often works well, or something else that provides more traction. Don't give up on it. Some chicks...

This article talks about what diseases wild geese and swans can spread to backyard flocks. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443079/?fbclid=IwAR3sif0pEP2t2rujsSSB25rO0FqgUZ7jAfuH3Bnj92Bn8KmfXI4HVSoxzv8#__ffn_sectitle

This article talks about how well ducks see, including movement, shine, and ultraviolet. https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/master-class/2013/10/how-ducks-see-science-behind-waterfowl-eyesight/?fbclid=IwAR10D2xIEB0LVH_4-mkjnffbf1uFzn1CTkg0rNo2z0OeR8W0fxOvcR0C07Y

This article says that when ducks eat fish eggs, a few of the eggs may still be viable when pooped out. This can spread fish to new lakes and habitats. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fish-eggs-can-hatch-after-being-eaten-pooped-out-ducks

Having a small tractor with small wheels (which doesn't really work) - I love the way you incorporated LARGE wheels!!! What a great idea!

Hawks are incredibly smart. They will also hunt in pairs as a team. For example, one will appear to fly off. You relax and stop watching the babies. But the other was sitting in a nearby tree, waiting for just that opportunity, and now they swoop down and get one. (Didn't quite happen to me...

I haven't had a coyote issue, but I do have raccoons. My dog recently lost a piece of her ear to one. Dog --> Minus one piece of ear. Plus one rabies booster shot. Plus one whole package of smoked turkey. Plus lots and lots of praise. Raccoon --> Minus one life. Ducks and one chicken...

Just found this thread - wish I could have found it a month ago, but my Internet was not working. It really would have helped! Covid time has been very difficult for me. The Covid virus does not scare me much. But the unrelenting loneliness has been one of the worse things I have ever lived...

UPDATE: I lost my very favorite Indian Runner "Cinnamon" a couple of years ago after a long fight with Aspergillosis. At the same time I lost her son and two grandchildren who looked like her to West Nile virus. I was afraid I would never again have a duck like her. I simply didn't have the...

So smart - I though I built big at 9x12 but it is way too small.

Like this? This girl is a blue trout. Two genes for li (trout) and one blue gene.

This is a bit different, but the next to last egg on the right front has a bluish spot. It also has some whitish marks on it. This is a duck egg, but this duck usually lays eggs of a solid greenish color.

How scary! The air hole is right in back of the tongue. If a bird is choking on a large enough object, it should be easily reachable. Since that did not help with yours, I'm guessing there was something that actually went down the wrong hole. Yaiks! For the future: I have noticed my...

Eggs of the same bird can be variable. I have ducks, but sometimes one that has laid solid colored green egg for a long time will come out with one that is speckled with white.

Wow! What a strange idea! I have kept yogurt for extended time in my refrigerator. When not opened, it lasts a very long time past the due date. However, if opened, it quickly grows mold, because the milk in it is a great food for all sorts of organisms. So... while the yogurt may well have...

I don't know of an article, but to trim my duck's nails I use a file. Not a people nail file, a Home Depot kind of file. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nicholson-8-in-Blade-Handy-File-06601/100208251

I love it when an article goes in depth and teaches me something new. This one surely did that! Fascinating!