baby duck with lots of problems

[pattyhen]

Awe gorgeous babies!! Love Que Sera hugging (Dave does the same thing and one of our chickens will do it too!!) and Uno has beautiful markings!! Que Sera Is just the cutest thing

Thanks Que Sera always has to give me that neck hug. I gave them some watermelon and polished it off in less then 5 minutes.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Anything over 80 degrees in Oregon is not weather it is punishment. What we do here in West Texas if the frozen jugs of water thing but we put them in their coop where it is a bit darker and where they are comfortable and safe. We have a fan that is actually outside the coop but blows in through a window then we hang a jug or two (from a chain) inside the coop where the fan wind blows over the bottles. That, and the frozen bottles on the floor, actually lowers the temp in the coop by 10-20 degrees plus it creates a nice cool breeze. My hens then spend their day playing snuggle with frozen milk jugs. Here we want to not only keep them out of the hot air outside but out of the sun when can be deadly. Just FYI. When they say it is going to be 106 that is the predicted temp measured in the shade. Sun temps will usually be as much as 25 degrees hotter than that.

I wish I had some room in the freezer to freeze some jugs. I just went to the store yesterday so my freezer is packed. I have a few chickens that stay in the coop all day long but the rest come outside. We have a big fan on the floor blowing in the coop.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Thanks, Patty (and Robbie) for sharing the pics!! A gorgeous bird family you have there!!

Thanks Deb , Robbie helped a lot.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

I found Topper she is hidding behind a wood pile and under an ornamental tree. She has so many eggs their sticking out the sides of her. I think she only started seriously sitting today because I seen her out in the yard yesterday a lot. It is way to hot for her to be sitting on eggs plus we don't need anymore ducks.I'm going to break her heart but I'm going to take the eggs away from her. She has hid them well because I have checked under the tree for eggs and didn't see any. She's behind a wood pile you have to part the tree branches and lean behind the wood to find her. The little huzzie.


Patty

 

[Debs Flock]

I found Topper she is hidding behind a wood pile and under an ornamental tree. She has so many eggs their sticking out the sides of her. I think she only started seriously sitting today because I seen her out in the yard yesterday a lot. It is way to hot for her to be sitting on eggs plus we don't need anymore ducks.I'm going to break her heart but I'm going to take the eggs away from her. She has hid them well because I have checked under the tree for eggs and didn't see any. She's behind a wood pile you have to part the tree branches and lean behind the wood to find her. The little huzzie.


Patty

Aww, can't she just keep a few?

She obviously took great care in choosing a hidey spot so she must want some babies!

 

[Amykins]

How DO you break a duck out of bein' broody, anyway? I know with chickens all you gotta do is dunk their bellies in cold water but something tells me that won't work on a duck.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How DO you break a duck out of bein' broody, anyway? I know with chickens all you gotta do is dunk their bellies in cold water but something tells me that won't work on a duck.

I cannot break my Scovy's I just keep taking their eggs and let them sit, as long as they come out and eat and get a bit of exercise I just let it run it's course. It's kind of like a raging fever they eventually get over it.

 

[pattyhen]

This is Topper she has a small crest it was taken in the shade so it's not a good pic of her. She is the pig in a ducks body. She was running with a rotten egg in her mouth when Josh and I went out to collect her eggs. One of the eggs must have exploded. I'm glad we didn't have to run her off the nest. Hopefully she won't go back to the nest because it's empty now.

Patty

 

[Debs Flock]

This is Topper she has a small crest it was taken in the shade so it's not a good pic of her. She is the pig in a ducks body. She was running with a rotten egg in her mouth when Josh and I went out to collect her eggs. One of the eggs must have exploded. I'm glad we didn't have to run her off the nest. Hopefully she won't go back to the nest because it's empty now.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Aww, can't she just keep a few?

She obviously took great care in choosing a hidey spot so she must want some babies!

I wish I could let her hatch them all but it so hard to give them away. She was to close to the chain link fence too. A dog or anything could have grabbed her.

Patty