➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

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• Kiki
• Aug 14, 2018

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• Kiki
• Aug 14, 2018

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• Kiki
• Aug 14, 2018

 

[Kiki]

Am outside with the duckies. They lay down a lot. Can’t say that I blame them. It’s HOT! But in between resting they are having fun making a mess:
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and trying to attack my toes:
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Omgosh it tickles!

They love you! They are giving you kisses!

 

[Kiki]

@Pugsabi Stacking bananas or sleeping still?

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

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• Kiki
• Aug 14, 2018

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• Kiki
• Aug 14, 2018

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• Kiki
• Aug 14, 2018

Wow those legs/feet look long. Those itty bitties are so precious!!!

 

[sdm111]

Another broody in the making. She'll be drafted Feb 2019

 

[Pugsabi]

@Pugsabi Stacking bananas or sleeping still?

Back to stacking bananas! Then two days off. The eggs are in transit. They should be here tomorrow.
I wish I was sleeping. (We need more emojis)

 

[dpenning]

Wow! What an unfortunate but great shot. Be ready if you get it in a snare, you will have to terminate the animal. Hard for me to do. I prefer the big snap traps, that is what we used for our beaver problem. Best of luck, hope you can keep the rest of your flock safe! Please keep us posted.

Finally caught up and thought you might be interested...We have never had this predator in the 20 years we have lived on the farm.
We have had a few assaults on the 6 foot tall Cochin chicken pen this past week...lost a rooster and two hens. Made repairs to that pen and have locked up the rest inside their coop at night. Then set out the trail camera and a live trap for the past several nights.
Last night this bobcat was not interested in the food bait in the live trap and snagged another one of my hens from a different pen. We think she flew over the four foot fence because there were no cat prints in the soft mud in that pen. Nor were there any prints around the barn pens.
The war is now on! Bobcats will keep returning until there are no easy prey left. We have snap traps and snares ready.
The remaining chickens in the breed pens without tops will be moved back to the hen house.
The duck pen is only 4 feet tall and has a more sturdy fence that the bobcat could have easily scaled but that pen is under a pole lamp at night. Without chickens to catch, it may go after the ducks.
The duck hens are hatching ducklings this week...so I'll be moving the duck hens and their eggs into cages in the hen house. The remaining ducks will be locked in their houses inside the pen at night and released in the mornings until the bobcat is eliminated..
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Yep, one of my hens in its mouth. A friend said it was a female...I sure can't tell from the night photo, but he is a hunter.

 

[Kiki]

Back to stacking bananas! Then two days off. The eggs are in transit. They should be here tomorrow.
I wish I was sleeping. (We need more emojis)

<<< Saab!

FROM HERE:
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[biophiliac]

Back to stacking bananas! Then two days off. The eggs are in transit. They should be here tomorrow.
I wish I was sleeping. (We need more emojis)

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/smiley-library.1174444/

 

[Kiki]

Another broody in the making. She'll be drafted Feb 2019

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@Wickedchicken6 Check her out!