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

[Cyprus]

Drawing another chicken
I'll have to be more productive soon.

 

[Kiki]

Yeah, Chef, who usually gives into my animal whims, was like "that's it, I have to put my foot down on this one, NO MORE feeding the neighbors cats!".

Although they were at the door just a little while ago and I snuck out a bowl

Don't leave the bowl out there all night...those monsters will come back.

 

[biophiliac]

Don't leave the bowl out there all night...those monsters will come back.

One night while walking my dog I saw a large raccoon with 5 littles trailing her up the walkway to the front porch of one of my neighbors who also left food out for the 'kitties'.
It doesn't take a monster to return for a free buffet.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Pretty sure there was a drunk driver on the highway

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

The littles have officially moved out of the house and in to their little coop. Tonight makes night 3 out on their own. They are 8 weeks old. It was time. They still haven't gotten in the habit of going up to bed on their own yet. It took the other girls about a week to go up on their own so I'm being patient. I just put them up myself until they do. I have a little light that I put up there so it's not so "dark and scary" to them. They'll work it out in time. I got quite the scare tonight tho. I was putting them up and I was missing one. Where's Elvis? Elvis has left the building. Sry, couldn't resist. I get the 3 up and close them in. Call to him. Go look for him. Somehow he had gotten OUT and OVER his fencing area into the big girls area. I don't know how long he was over. I don't know if he interacted with any of the girls or if they even knew he was in there. For all I know the big girls had already gone in to their coop for the night. Thankfully he was pacing the fence line wishing he could get back in his area. I scoop him up. Make sure he isn't harmed in any way. Nuzzle him. Them put him in with everyone else.
Little stinker! I hope this is not a frequent thing that I'm going to have to go through. It really freaked me out for a min there. Well, here are some current pics.
Amber. Look at this girl's legs! She has big feet too. I still say pullet. Still not convinced on breed and I will probably never truly know. There are a few dif kinds that have her coloring. Red Rangers. Dixie Rainbows, sometimes called just Rainbows. New Hampshire Reds. Whatever she is, I think she is a cutie.

Priscilla is just a big ball of fluff. She is so cuddly!

Elvis likes the swing. I swear he was sitting down on it yesterday and using his body to swing it back and forth. It was the darndest thing and oh so cute! I wish I would've got it on video. The other 2 pics I thought were cute. He was kind of "strutting" in front of the big girls. Normally his tail is more relaxed and facing down. In those pics he was standing up a little taller. Chest out. Tail erect. So cute!

Just cause because... I mean. How could I not share? Elvis likes his Priscilla.

I already posted pics of Bowie, yes that is what we decided to name him, the other day and I don't have any new ones.
2 months old already. My fluffies are growing up!

 

[dpenning]

My name is Dawn and I am a duck mom failure. I can’t get the kids to go to the pond and I can’t stand having muddy ducks because they only go to the pond if I herd them. I haven’t been giving them water as I want them to go to the pond so they have been living in mud puddles.

Soooooo.... tomorrow is moving day. I am disassembling their 10 x 10/condo and moving it closer to the pond. Then I will put up some temp fencing giving them a path to the pond. I figure once I get them IN The relocated condo I’ll have to leave them in for a day to get comfortable with the new spot.

I’m really hoping they figure out how to enjoy the environment they have available to them!

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

My name is Dawn and I am a duck mom failure. I can’t get the kids to go to the pond and I can’t stand having muddy ducks because they only go to the pond if I herd them. I haven’t been giving them water as I want them to go to the pond so they have been living in mud puddles.

Soooooo.... tomorrow is moving day. I am disassembling their 10 x 10/condo and moving it closer to the pond. Then I will put up some temp fencing giving them a path to the pond. I figure once I get them IN The relocated condo I’ll have to leave them in for a day to get comfortable with the new spot.

I’m really hoping they figure out how to enjoy the environment they have available to them!

Awww! Maybe they just don't want to be too far away from you because to them, you are safety and security? So that must mean that you are a great duck mom! Don't be so hard on yourself. Hopefully moving them closer will be just the thing to get them to realize that it is a safe place as well. Before long, you won't get them out of the pond! I don't have a pond for my little ones to go to. They just have a kiddie pool. I have to shoo them off of it every night to get them to go in to their coop. Otherwise they'd sleep on it. Hang in there.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Anyone still up? Lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

Can't figure out how to download the pictures off the site so just posting the listing... don't stalk them

https://m.estately.com/listings/info/460-marko

Got pictures of the inside and outside

 

[ShrekDawg]

Plus the ones I posted