7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[Cynthia12]

Stran...gers..like me...ooooh!

 

[LocalYokel]

Now watch me whip. Watch me nae nae.

Please.



God.



NO!

 

[Penny Hen]

There're so ugly they are cute. I've been thinking about them as well. Just don't have area for them.

They are extremely good parents. In Tennessee about 2 years ago a bill was being drafted to make it iillegal to own them because enough had escaped to the wild that they were/are being accused of crowding out native species of wild duck. They were being called an agressive species. There were large producers that were lobbying for exceptions to their meat raising operations and trying to convince them to just clamp down on small farmers and pet owners. I wrote imy congressman a letter explaining about them and pet level owners.

The reason that they are out competing the native ducks is this: Both Muscovy parents watch over the ducklings just like geese do. I used to work at the Metro Center in Nashville where they have large ponds with Canadian geese and mallards. The mallards never ever raised any ducklings to adulthood because the snapping turtles would sneak up on them swimming after mom (with dad no where to be found) and eat the babies. With the geese the dad always took rear guard and warned of the turtles so they were able to raise 50-75% to adulthood. It is not the Muscovies directly impacting the Mallards it is the snapping turtles. But the Muscovies do a better job of watching out for their babies so they survive. My congressman actually mailed me back a letter that wasn't a form letter and said that they would be giving it a lot more study before outlawing owning Muscovies. Haven't heard any more about it.

 

[Pensmaster]

Ok, so one son posted earlier that he was going to see Star Wars, now he posted that he had a lot of different feelings, then went ..  WOW!  
Haven't seen it yet..maybe I will or won't go.  Haven't been to a theater.

 Had to erase that!  It went straight to fb..and there it had my place on it. 

While it was there cluck and crow has some good looking Wellies









 


 

 

[Cynthia12]

Here's my fb avvy...I will share this one.


Years ago in Mexico..we all laughed when we saw those sunglasses, but hey, they worked! The hat too!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm not sure is it like yodeling

That sound that they make sometimes when they're all cuddled up and getting ready to go to sleep or like the warning sound the adults make when they think they saw something (like a growl almost) except in that sweet little chick voice. Not sure how else to describe it lol

 

[Pensmaster]

Now watch me whip. Watch me nae nae.

That's so wrong

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh dear, I have a shiny tooth.

 

[Pensmaster]

That sound that they make sometimes when they're all cuddled up and getting ready to go to sleep or like the warning sound the adults make when they think they saw something (like a growl almost) except in that sweet little chick voice. Not sure how else to describe it lol

Ok growl I understand. None just peeping.

 

[Cynthia12]

That's so wrong

He's wrong in so many ways, just like the baby pigeon is so ugly it's cute..kind of like bama. He's so wrong, no wait, he's not right!