Well, we've had some issues lately with our Pekin drake, 'Squirt' over powering our smallest Welshie 'Sweet Pea' now that it's mating season and nature has taken over his drive - he's just much bigger than she is 
He's gotten into the habit of grabbing her head (as apposed to the back of her neck) in his much bigger bill, and this has caused an injury to Sweet Peas' left eye. It's healing up well now, and she has full use of it - I just don't want it to happen again.
Squirt doesn't mess with our other two female Welshies much, and our Khaki female doesn't take any crap from him (she's in charge here)
We've tried separating them for the past week - keeping Sweet Pea in the house in a soft pen at night, and only letting her out with the others while supervised.
However, Squirt still chases after her when we take them out for supervised yard time, it isn't convenient for us to keep separating them, and Sweet Pea doesn't like being separated - even with a pen mate at night.
Rather than re-home Squirt (drakes are nearly impossible to re-home), or send Squirt to freezer camp (our ducks are pets - he was our first duck, and has a great, outgoing personality), we think it might be better to find a loving, 'freezer camp free' home with an established flock for Sweet Pea.
So, we are looking to re-home Sweet Pea.
She is a 7 month old (hatched September 8th, 2014) Silver Phase female from Metzer farms, with absolutely beautiful coloring . . .
That's her on the left, photo taken today (you can see the area around her eye is still healing):
Looking at me wondering if I've come to take her inside again . . .
Inside in her soft pen today . . .
A video clip of her in the bath a couple nights ago - love her coloring! (the small bump under her chin was a pea that got stuck under her tongue - gone now)
And that's her on the right, with Squirt in the background. (this photo taken a while ago)
She is in excellent health (aside form the noted eye injury), and has been raised in the best of conditions. Like most Welshies, she is very relaxed and laid back.
She lays consistently every day - small'ish eggs so far, and is quiet. She loves to range around the yard looking for bugs and weeds, and her favorite treat - by far - is peas (hence - Sweet Pea). If you put some peas in a small tupperware container and give it a shake, she'll come running!! (that's how we get them all to go into their pen when supervised yard time is over)
Anyway, if you are interested in a beautiful Silver Phase hen, have an established flock she can become part of, and a freezer camp free home - let me know.
We are in the Pottstown/Valley Forge area of South Eastern PA.
I will NOT ship her, though I would happily drive a bit to deliver or meet up with a loving family. I'll also have this posted in the Welsh Harlequin thread under Ducks.
Thanks!!
Dan
He's gotten into the habit of grabbing her head (as apposed to the back of her neck) in his much bigger bill, and this has caused an injury to Sweet Peas' left eye. It's healing up well now, and she has full use of it - I just don't want it to happen again.
Squirt doesn't mess with our other two female Welshies much, and our Khaki female doesn't take any crap from him (she's in charge here)
We've tried separating them for the past week - keeping Sweet Pea in the house in a soft pen at night, and only letting her out with the others while supervised.
However, Squirt still chases after her when we take them out for supervised yard time, it isn't convenient for us to keep separating them, and Sweet Pea doesn't like being separated - even with a pen mate at night.
Rather than re-home Squirt (drakes are nearly impossible to re-home), or send Squirt to freezer camp (our ducks are pets - he was our first duck, and has a great, outgoing personality), we think it might be better to find a loving, 'freezer camp free' home with an established flock for Sweet Pea.
So, we are looking to re-home Sweet Pea.
She is a 7 month old (hatched September 8th, 2014) Silver Phase female from Metzer farms, with absolutely beautiful coloring . . .
That's her on the left, photo taken today (you can see the area around her eye is still healing):
Looking at me wondering if I've come to take her inside again . . .
Inside in her soft pen today . . .
A video clip of her in the bath a couple nights ago - love her coloring! (the small bump under her chin was a pea that got stuck under her tongue - gone now)
And that's her on the right, with Squirt in the background. (this photo taken a while ago)
She is in excellent health (aside form the noted eye injury), and has been raised in the best of conditions. Like most Welshies, she is very relaxed and laid back.
She lays consistently every day - small'ish eggs so far, and is quiet. She loves to range around the yard looking for bugs and weeds, and her favorite treat - by far - is peas (hence - Sweet Pea). If you put some peas in a small tupperware container and give it a shake, she'll come running!! (that's how we get them all to go into their pen when supervised yard time is over)
Anyway, if you are interested in a beautiful Silver Phase hen, have an established flock she can become part of, and a freezer camp free home - let me know.
We are in the Pottstown/Valley Forge area of South Eastern PA.
I will NOT ship her, though I would happily drive a bit to deliver or meet up with a loving family. I'll also have this posted in the Welsh Harlequin thread under Ducks.
Thanks!!
Dan
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