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  1. DanielleInUro

    Kangal/Anatolian Pup: Training to not murder ducks while I'm standing there.

    aazZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz It's okay--you know what? It did me just as much good to help me feel like I'm not isolated in how frustrated and resentful I sometimes feel when it comes to feeling undermined in the work I put in with the animals. It's very hard that the animals I love more...
  2. DanielleInUro

    Kangal/Anatolian Pup: Training to not murder ducks while I'm standing there.

    Thanks, both of you. I'm prepared for the exercise part, I think; I run three miles a day six days a week, and I'm prepared to train him to run with me on leash so he'll never want for exercise, even if he can't or shouldn't do the full distance.
  3. DanielleInUro

    Kangal/Anatolian Pup: Training to not murder ducks while I'm standing there.

    We have eight ducks in a fairly large suburban yard who are beloved pets. One gets sick, they go to the vet. One dies, there's full funeral ceremony. If I woke up tomorrow and they were all identical-looking, I could tell you who's who in about five seconds on behavior alone. They're the...
  4. DanielleInUro

    THOSE CHUCKLEHEADS TOLD ME

    We're trying to figure out what to do about The Accident. Our plan was to let Hobbles, Not Hobbles, and The Boy live out the rest of their natural lives, and then maybe get two bantam hens for eggs, since we won't eat enough of them to justify full sized chickens. But my better half has a soft...
  5. DanielleInUro

    THOSE CHUCKLEHEADS TOLD ME

    Thank you, I could use the advice. The Boy is separated, and Hobbles can get around, but not well. They'll probably be a'aight.
  6. DanielleInUro

    THOSE CHUCKLEHEADS TOLD ME

    So The Boy is staying in his box for the night. (I just checked on him, and he's sleeping.) Hobbles is hanging out off to the side. Not Hobbles is still sitting on her eggs, and will peck and crow if you push her off. I pushed her off anyway, because I wanted to check on the remaining eggs...
  7. DanielleInUro

    THOSE CHUCKLEHEADS TOLD ME

    that Coturnix won't hatch their own eggs. I used to raise them for meat, but my better half got all tender hearted last spring and begged me not to slaughter the breeders I'd kept over the winter. Fine, now they're his pets. We had six, but one disappeared, one dropped dead, a predator got...
  8. DanielleInUro

    New Ducklings

    If you are the one who gives them peas and kale and tomatoes and whatever else you give your guys, they will be super friendly to yo and push and shove to get to you. Pro tip--if you greet them with "Hey ducks!" whenever you show up with treats, they will learn to come running when they hear...
  9. DanielleInUro

    Matthew and the Little Sister Wives

    Last august, I hatched a clutch of Welsh Harlequin eggs, intending to keep two girls for my two drakes, Bork and Willie (evening out my male to female ratio is an ongoing process and could take up a whole post). In a moment of weakness, I also kept a WH drake, reasoning that if I wanted to...
  10. DanielleInUro

    duck behavior, bobbing heads?

    I just came here to say this.
  11. Daniellesduckstuff

    Daniellesduckstuff

    you know, ducks
  12. DanielleInUro

    Plants that can grow faster than my ducks can eat them. Difficulty: Texas

    I will ABSOLUTELY try this.
  13. DanielleInUro

    Plants that can grow faster than my ducks can eat them. Difficulty: Texas

    This is a big help! Where do you usually buy your seed?
  14. DanielleInUro

    Plants that can grow faster than my ducks can eat them. Difficulty: Texas

    Hmmm...I hate to be "that guy" who asks for advice and then turns their nose up at it, but can you point me in any direction on learning more about that? I've been looking on and off since you said that, and I can't seem to find any mention of grass seed being treated with anything toxic to...
  15. DanielleInUro

    Plants that can grow faster than my ducks can eat them. Difficulty: Texas

    Sod's more expensive than we can swing. But I'm so glad you mentioned the part about grass seed being treated. Now I'm googling to see if mine is.
  16. DanielleInUro

    Ummm... uh oh. Or accidental duck owner

    Totally. That's the great thing about ducks--they will NEVER suddenly speak English when you didn't think they did, and need therapy and take up pole dancing and write a tell-all book about how you rejected them. They'll mostly just eat worms and hump five feet in front of you while you're...
  17. DanielleInUro

    Duck herding how i do it.

    We've got two new girls for a total of nine, and I'm pretty used to going into the coop with peas or tomatoes, calling "HEY DUCKS" and they all run in yelling and pushing for treats. But the two girls are just not quite there yet, which means "HEY DUCKS" works for seven, and then the better...
  18. DanielleInUro

    Plants that can grow faster than my ducks can eat them. Difficulty: Texas

    At the end of winter this year, my nine ducks had reduced the "duck" section of my back yard (around 2/3rds, fenced) to a filthy, stinking mud hole. I'm on my second 50 pound bag of grass seed since February, and we are winning. The duck yard has a thin layer of grass covering most of it, with...
  19. DanielleInUro

    Ummm... uh oh. Or accidental duck owner

    I just read your post to my better half, and said "Can you imagine having ducks when you weren't TRYING to have ducks?"
  20. DanielleInUro

    Ducks and my pond

    I'm really sorry, but the fact that you've even said "koi pond" and "ducks" in the same paragraph means that at this very moment, your koi pond is ruined, your fish are all dead, and there are several honking, humping, digging little dinosaurs currently destroying your lawn. You might have been...
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