baby duck with lots of problems

[pattyhen]

We had a bunch of turkey and ham left once and decided to feed it to the animals I gave most of it to the dogs, cats and bantams but my boyfriends chicken lived in the duck pen because she was huge so I tried to throw her a big piece to tear up next thing I know my roomates huge male muscovy comes tearing across the yard and snatches it from her and proceeds to try to swallow this huge bit of meat that's bigger than his head and I am thinking crap how am I going to explain to Katie that her duck choked to death on a piece of ham...so I hop the fence and Chase him into the coop and almost tackle him to get it away from him. He's not too amused and he stands there glaring at me and hissing until I tear it up and throw a much more manageable size bit to him and then I toss the much smaller pieces to the other ducks and chickens in the pen. Every summer I buy a watermelon or two and will sit out with the birds cutting it up and sharing it with them .

They can be pigs that's for sure. I'm glad you got the ham away from him.

I would say watermelon is on the top of the list for favorites and it's good for them too.

Patty

 

[Miss Lydia]

Josh took these pictures of Clyde. The last one is Clyde and his beloved Sherry

So precious Patty, I just love how they have their very special relationships.

 

[pattyhen]

Turtles grow all their lives...slowly and they definitely have a taste/preference for sweets.

Thanks Deb it's good to know that they grow slowly. I'm going to start mixing his banana with his peas and egg and see if I can get him to eat more.


Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Funny stories about your animals eating human food everyone! We can't even go outside with food because the chickens beg for it, unless it's for them we keep it inside or else they steal it from us. They've jumped into my lap when I'm eating ice cream out side and while they enjoyed that, I did not.
Thanks everyone for the info for when to introduce over night togetherness for the babies and adults.

your welcome and I hope you have peace and harmony in your coup soon.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Good that won't. In this case, ignorance is bliss.

I bet your birds have never seen a turtle before. You could tell them he is a distant cousin since he came from an egg. What did the ducks think?

The ducks never paid any attention to the turtle their not as curious as chickens are.

Que Sera and Uno are still a couple. I hope she has noticed his little curl it's so cute. I'll try and get a pic of him before someone pulls it out.


Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Carrying food in the yard was how I found out Henrietta loved marshmallows. Only toasted and not raw. I found out how high she could jump when I tried to hold it up out of her reach. Im 5-1 and she was a big chicken. Lol

I had a little bantam named Blue Feet who went to animal education opportunities for over 10 years. She was the only chicken a lot of people seen alive and not on their plate. We had her at a block party and my best friend was eating a hot dog. I was holding Blue Feet and standing next to her. Just as she took a bite from one end, BF reached over and chomp! She got a huge bite from the other side and was very pleased with herself.

Information: Don't drop cookie crumbs on your feet if you are wearing sandals. Ducks will try to dabble between your toes for every last crumb. Lol

That's a cute story and Blue Feet they are entertaining. The duck story is halarious I've never ate a cookie around mine before but I'm sure they would go after them too.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

This is Rawful the butt-head himself the other birds are Valkyrie my mallard and my as yet unnamed male muscovy duckling

They are really cute and I love those names. The mascovy reminds me of Opie and he is a duckling? He is huge. He looks like a baby Huey.

Your probably to young to remember that cartoon.


Patty

 

[pattyhen]

She only hatched 3 of them, one hatched a week before hers and the others a day or two after, I was trying to get the ducklings out of the house cause they were getting stinky so I put them with her she was still in the accepting phase between broodines and mama hen and she was thrilled to bits to have more.

My other Japanese hen Ishtar is sitting on and successfully covering 7 duck eggs .

I have 30 something duck eggs in the incubator so if any more hens go broody they are getting upgraded to duck. I have two bantam cochins and a Golden Sebright that will go broody a few times a year. And a young Silkie. My blue cochin Nimue hatched some ducks for me last year.

Angry bird is such a sweet mom to take on ducks and chickens. You have a lot of hatching going on there. Do you keep all the babies or sell them?


Patty

 

[pattyhen]

So precious Patty, I just love how they have their very special relationships.

Thanks Patti and you can see in these pics he is taking steps. That is a big improvement over what he was doing. He is devoted to Sherry I've never seen any of our other males standing guard over the females when their sitting on nests the way he did.

Patty

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks Patti and you can see in these pics he is taking steps. That is a big improvement over what he was doing. He is devoted to Sherry I've never seen any of our other males standing guard over the females when their sitting on nests the way he did.

Patty

I wish I had known about Glucosomine when Ernie was younger I'm sure it would have helped him. I am happy Clyde is doing so good on it.