10 Baby Wood Ducks (1st thought they were Mallards)

[quackiemama]

They are so pretty!

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

They are so beautiful. Mine all like to face forward too I guess they always have to be on guard even when secure.

Yes, this is definitely part of their "safe" space. Yesterday, while I was cleaning the poop tray in this coop, all the girls and ducks were outside (only access to outside is the side door on this coop). All of a sudden, a wave of chickens and ducks scurried back into the coop and past me to get to the pen area. No doubt a hawk. I went outside and watched the hawk do another flyby. Looked like a sharp-shinned hawk. It happens so often, that the hens no longer race across the indoor pens to hide inside their coop. They usually just huddle under this coop.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are smart kiddos! I noticed this afternoon my roo giving a warning call and all the ducks came running.

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

Yesterday, while I was working in the yard, I heard crows squawking, and the chicks and ducks went running into the coops. I guess it's pretty smart to pay attention to anyone's warning call. I looked up, didn't see anything, and then I saw a red-tailed hawk circling not too far from the house.

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

I'm at the Singapore airport waiting for a flight to Australia. DH is tending the flocks. He sent me this pic. Duck egg? He found it in one of the nesting boxes.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Fairy egg! How cute! Could be duck or chicken they can both lay them

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

Fairy egg! How cute! Could be duck or chicken they can both lay them

DH just told me -- no yolks. Probably one of the hens. Can't see ducks using a nesting box since they never go into the coop.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Probably so. And I’ve never seen a yolk in a fairy egg. What are you doing traveling the globe and hubby is home bird sitting ? lol

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

Probably so. And I’ve never seen a yolk in a fairy egg. What are you doing traveling the globe and hubby is home bird sitting ? lol

Booked the trip last January. 16 day Australia cruise with my sister. Queensland and Northern Territory. A lot of saltwater crocs. Max passengers are 128. Thinking there will be fewer. Airports are not busy.

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

It's her retirement trip. She retired from Veterans Admin.