Oh I just love them! They are so beautiful and unique looking. I wonder if there is a boy in there? I sure hope the other one comes back to join his brothers and sisters! You are a great duck mom!
10 Baby Wood Ducks (1st thought they were Mallards)
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They look very content loving that duck week! What do you feed them over winter when there isn’t any? Will they or do they eat poultry feed?
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They're eating my chick grower feed right now, which is about 17%. Didn't buy anything special for them because ... well, you know. Since they're in with the pullets (and somewhat bonded to those wild and crazy girls), everyone eats whatever I put out for the ducks. Guess I'll have to do some nutritional research for the ducks when the pullets are ready to move on to big-girl food.
Not sure if these babies (ducks) will be able to handle pellets. Hmmm. ... Silly me. If they can down a whole acorn, they should be able to eat pellets.
Not sure if these babies (ducks) will be able to handle pellets. Hmmm. ... Silly me. If they can down a whole acorn, they should be able to eat pellets.
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Yes, there's at least one drake. Thought another one might be a drake, but now I'm not 100% sure.
That’s awesome their eating what the pullets are eating! I’d always heard it was hard to feed Wood duck ducklings .
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These guys love to eat. They have the pullet feed. (I've even seen them climb into the coop to eat it out of the hanging feeder.) They love scratch. I give it to them because it has grains. They like fruit, and I sometimes toss mixed lettuce greens into their pool, and they chow down on that too.
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Tonight.
They panicked. One flew back into the yard. The other flew towards our garden and smacked into the 9 foot fence then off into the other direction. I stood at the open pen with 3 duck inside thinking, "That's it. Now we have 3." That's when little miss wayward duck came waddling around the corner of the pen.
They panicked. One flew back into the yard. The other flew towards our garden and smacked into the 9 foot fence then off into the other direction. I stood at the open pen with 3 duck inside thinking, "That's it. Now we have 3." That's when little miss wayward duck came waddling around the corner of the pen.
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Earlier before flight practice.
So they are all safe and sound?
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All 4 happily back in the pen. One has a mark on her forehead after smacking into the fence.
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