No... and yes. Our Zachary manages to fly about 2 - 3 meters when jumping off a bank to the grass below or if there is a downward slope. However, yesterday we had quite a comical turn of events. He was walking (waddling!) down a steep driveway and suddenly it became very windy. He was walking...
Yes, naughty little Zachary alright! Luckily he is such a gorgeous little man - very calm and tolerant, and a 'super-duck' when it comes to finding bugs, crickets and worms etc! I love the names Jemima and Rebeccah! Zachary Quack's sister Tallulah was almost called Jemima Puddleduck! Fingers...
Yes, that makes sense. It was a bit 'disastrous' on the egg-laying front, as we only have 2 ducks and had really hoped that they were both girls so that they could 'earn their keep' with a couple of eggs (hopefully!) a day between them. But we adore Zachary who is so calm and tolerant, and he...
I thought you might like to see what our Zachary Quack looked like when he was 2 days old. He had a pink beak with dark tip and we chose him because of this, convinced he was a girl. So he started off life as Daisy and we looked forward to her egg laying capabilities. But by 10 weeks, the few...
What beautiful photos! Is the duck at the front of the 4th photo a female? It looks almost exactly like our Daisy. We've just become a little unsure if our Daisy is a female (she's almost 6 weeks old) as she hardly says a word, so we can't judge her 'quack'. We also have a magpie duck (same...