I just bought a house in Vancouver, WA and wanted to know how weightily I should take the CC&Rs for my new property. It was written in 1989 and says several restrictions on animals (domestic and livestock) which seem ridiculous and very dated. The City of Vancouver is chicken friendly and I'm...
I've been working a weird shift this week, but Frankie and Maggie are doing GREAT and i need to do another photoshoot or video. Our morning routine is that we wake up (their brooder is in my room), I let them out and they follow me to their outdoor (day pen). I go to work, come back, and when it...
Great! First off, Franklin is Frankie now because he's a SHE. She's got her quacks down.
She's almost fully feathered now and is constantly adapting to her disability. She is a beautiful pastel color. I need to get some updated pictures of her, but here are some from over the last few weeks. I...
Thanks to the wonderful weather, Franklin has been spending the day outside! Way better than the brooder :)
I'm also really starting to think that Franklin is, in fact, a boy! I didn't want a female call duck in the house because they are so loud...so I'm happy! He's getting raspier by the day <3
I don't know why I'm sharing this because it's kind of embarrassing, but it's also adorable and that trumps my embarrassment! I was singing to my cat to try and get her to come to me (she LOVES it when you sing...and it's pretty much the only way to get her to come to you) and Franklin started...
Yes! I figured he needed to have some enrichment to keep from getting bored :). I tried letting him play with my older serama chicks but he went into rage mode and just wanted to chase them around...LOL. Sooo no chicken friends for him. I have some ducklings hatching under a broody and I'll see...
Today I took my two goats and Franklin for a walk down the gravel road. He followed on the left and the goats were leashed on the right. I think every neighbor kid came out to watch! Hahaha
Meet Franklin, my little call duck buddy!
Franklin is a very special little duck. I had been wanting call ducks for years but never dived in, until a friend of mine asked me to experiment with some eggs he'd gotten and place them under my broody duck. Unfortunately they were already 10 days...
They are sticking around! I strung a streamer up where I didn't want them to go past, and that created a kind of psychological barrier. Now the banner is down and they still don't want to go past the stepping stones where the banner was. Sometimes they do go up stream a bit and hang out in my...