2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[Magnolia Ducks]

Did you get some »gucklings« from that pair? - Really! Serious question!

Don't think it works that way. I am lucky he didn't kill her trying to mate her.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Bad picture alert.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

The crested duckling ,Sue, looks very upright to me. Maybe some runner??

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sue does look a little Runnerish all very precious nice looking area.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

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More, more, more pictures please!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Sue does look a little Runnerish all very precious nice looking area.

They all look very upright - except for the goslings, of course.
Magpies and Buffy's have some Runner in their blood. i see a big difference in the posture of the White Layers and the other ducks. The WL's are already waddling and move like oil-tankers through ice floes, pushing the lighter Buffies and Maggies out of their way.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Duckling update: The weather forced me to to change my status message today!
It is lousy cold here in WV, the wind is howling and really ugly wet and sticky snow is falling from the sky. The ducklings hate winter too!
Due to the bad weather i wasn't able to work on the roof for the duckling's patio and i could not continue to work on Duck Knox - the ladder would just slip and slide down the hill into the creek which has high water right now…
So no video today, but some pictures, first the ducklings are loudly complaining about the weather:

This afternoon it looked like a Christmas scene here:

I covered one side of their house with a mover's blanket:

First they were all afraid of that big dark thing approaching the house, now they have understood that it keeps the wind and the snow out and keeps them warm.
It was so bad here that even the grown-up ducks stayed indoors almost the whole day.

 

[Texag87]

Duckling update: The weather forced me to to change my status message today!
It is lousy cold here in WV, the wind is howling and really ugly wet and sticky snow is falling from the sky. The ducklings hate winter too!
Due to the bad weather i wasn't able to work on the roof for the duckling's patio and i could not continue to work on Duck Knox - the ladder would just slip and slide down the hill into the creek which has high water right now…
So no video today, but some pictures, first the ducklings are loudly complaining about the weather:

This afternoon it looked like a Christmas scene here:

I covered one side of their house with a mover's blanket:

First they were all afraid of that big dark thing approaching the house, now they have understood that it keeps the wind and the snow out and keeps them warm.
It was so bad here that even the grown-up ducks stayed indoors almost the whole day.

We are enjoying some global warming here too. -1 c followed by a couple mornings of -4. No snow just wind.rediculous for March.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

So much for my peaches this year and the avocado tree is melting. Hope my citrus doesn't all die tonight. The older trees should be fine but the ones I planted this summer may be goners. I turned the heat lamp back on for the Littles last night.

 

[WVduckchick]

I was planning to put these guys outside last weekend, but saw these horrid temperatures coming, so they are still inside for a few more days.