Especially these six… The last hatching is still significantly smaller than the rest of the group, but i am not concerned as it is growing.
Goslings are growing faster than ducklings?! Is that even possible?
By a month old, they looked like geese not goslings!Goslings are growing faster than ducklings?! Is that even possible?
When they stomped into my bedroom this morning i could not believe my eyes when i saw that the largest two have almost caught up to their Momma duck!
They will be four weeks old tomorrow.
That would have been my luck, out of 11 one time I got 1 Hen but I figured out down the line that my Mallard throws off drakes. Funny how that can happen.
Hopefully its not the only female in the bunch.Especially these six… The last hatching is still significantly smaller than the rest of the group, but i am not concerned as it is growing.
I am sneaking extra food down its bill, every time an opportunity presents itself.
I find the females tend to grow faster when young. Usually.
That would be great for him then, all females and one drake.
I don't see the goslings grow up faster than ducklings. - Yes, from the point of view of weight and size they outgrow ducklings but they are already larger when they hatch.
If i remember correctly, two years ago a Missus Mallard taught some of my drakes a lesson: She can fly! - And then land on the back of a much larger drake and rip out neck-feathers left and right as punishment for trying to mess with her.
I would not mind having nine additional egg layers! - I'm already half deaf, so additional quacks wouldn't matter…
