2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[WannaBeHillBilly]

What about the feel of the leg is is stone cold or does it have warmth like blood is flowing?

She has two cold feet and i think it is pretty normal for a duck to have cold feet, isn't it? Last year Limpy's feet felt cold to the touch too. Not stone cold, just normal duck-cold.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How are they all doing today?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

If worst comes to worst, I have a couple of local duck folks who might want to try to rehab the duckling. PM me if you want me to make some phone calls for you.

Thank you very much for the offer! Having her re-homed locally would be my preference. I will make that decision soon and PM you.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

@WannaBeHillBilly could sell tickets and have a raffle LOL! JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!

The funny thing is, there's a »Old Mc Donalds Farm« in Humble, close to Houston where people pay to see farm animals - duck(ling)s included. Most people in the "developed" world have no clue where there food actually comes from!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

How are they all doing today?

They woke me up twice this night! Peeping loudly for water! This morning they went through a quart of water in less than one hour! - See below…

 

[MissChick@dee]

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Ducklings score two, Humons score zero! ​

In the ongoing battle for the spilled duckling drinking water the ducklings scored again: This morning they emptied out a quarter gallon drinking water fountain in under one hour! - Nope, no super drunken ducklings , but they were using their little webbed feet to shovel the water out of the waterer into the flimsy white $store plastic bin.


But the humon fought back, using the bottom of a flimsy white $store bin to create a »No duckling foot goes in here«:

Let's see how this works out…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The Orange Juice Bottle Scoop​

This morning i had to remove a lot of the wet and poopy bedding from the little ducklings brooder and realized "Heck! I don't have anything but my hands for that!". Then i spotted an empty ½ Gallon Orange juice bottle in the plastic-trash can. Cleaned it, cut the top third off and used it as a scoop:

 

[MissChick@dee]

Raise the water up a bit. Perhaps a upside down dinner plate underneath.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Raise the water up a bit. Perhaps a upside down dinner plate underneath.

I must try that! Thank you very much!