Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[Lacrystol]

Mine already do some tricks. They will eat peas and greens on demand, dive underwater when they're in a pool or pond, and fly when I chase them yelling, "Fly, fly you silly birds!"

HAHAHAHA, that's funny

 

[Amykins]

Here 's my Holderread's most expensive drake, he was purchased as show quality, paid $100.00 for him, most i ever paid for a duck in my life. (paid $60 for the breeder quality gray hen) he is such a fiesty fellow for being so tiny, he mates everything, the hens and the drakes, he's just a horrible little fellow. For being extraordinarily small and tiny, he is also extraordinarily strong and hardy, he's a little terrorist. Thinking about penning him with the Holderread's gray hen, they are so similiar in conformation.

Whoa, he's the spitting image of Wobbles! His bill is exactly 1 inch, maybe a millimeter over, but the cutoff is 1 1/4 inch for SQ birds so I'm happy with it. Too bad I can't show Wobs though, since his wings are clipped it's an automatic disqualification. But maybe his babies could be...HMMMMMMMMM.

He's also a little terror. They're like the ultimate in napoleon's complex, aren't they? So tiny, but so stubborn, mean and hedonistic!

 

[Lacrystol]

lacrystol hows that little call duck with the split beak?

Well I lost her, She was acting really distance from the others, remember she had slipped tendon. Well something got the best of her.. She got to the point where she couldn't walk at all anymore, couldn't swim, couldn't get to food or water. So I brought her in, made things very accessible to her. BUT of course, the first thing we did was take a bath. LOL.. Two days went by and she was starting to show signs of life again. Looking really good, very alert, talking to me and I was so happy because she was pulling through getting lots of attention, her vegetables etc..
the third day, she was in the corner of the cage and not moving. I touched her because she wasn't doing her morning talking and she was stiff. I was like WHAT? are your kidding me? I Don't understand..

One thing about ducks is they can hide pain, sickness very well but seeing all the improvements she was making it was a Horrible shocker.. So sometime during the night she just passed away. Your guess is as good as mine because she didn't drown, she didn't act sick, nothing. I put some baby chicks in with her so she had some company and again she was doing GREAT but that third day, she was gone.

Here's the last pic I have of her, this was day 2 the day before passed away..


6/21/2015 RIP

 

[Amykins]

Oh poor thing...I'm so sorry, Lacry. You did all you could. :/ At least she's not suffering anymore.

 

[Lacrystol]

Oh poor thing...I'm so sorry, Lacry. You did all you could. :/ At least she's not suffering anymore.

It's sad that she is gone but I'm also happy it happened while she was sleeping..

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Whoa, he's the spitting image of Wobbles! His bill is exactly 1 inch, maybe a millimeter over, but the cutoff is 1 1/4 inch for SQ birds so I'm happy with it. Too bad I can't show Wobs though, since his wings are clipped it's an automatic disqualification. But maybe his babies could be...HMMMMMMMMM.

He's also a little terror. They're like the ultimate in napoleon's complex, aren't they? So tiny, but so stubborn, mean and hedonistic!

You can still show him since wing clipping isn't permanent, but of course you'd have to wait until he molts again and has his full wing feathers back. Are they still doing shows where you live? Most of what was scheduled in this entire area, not just PA, was cancelled this year because of AI concerns.

You couldn't win much at a sanctioned show with Wobbles' babies if you mean with Bean because they won't be a standardized color. I've never seen color like Bean's in a Call, but she could be entered in the "all other" variety for shows that have one. If she were a cat, the variety would be tortie and white. I think you'd have fun showing her regardless just for all the "oohhh, aahhh" comments. Do you know what colors her parents were? I don't remember ever seeing you say.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Well I lost her, She was acting really distance from the others, remember she had slipped tendon. Well something got the best of her.. She got to the point where she couldn't walk at all anymore, couldn't swim, couldn't get to food or water. So I brought her in, made things very accessible to her. BUT of course, the first thing we did was take a bath. LOL.. Two days went by and she was starting to show signs of life again. Looking really good, very alert, talking to me and I was so happy because she was pulling through getting lots of attention, her vegetables etc..
the third day, she was in the corner of the cage and not moving. I touched her because she wasn't doing her morning talking and she was stiff. I was like WHAT? are your kidding me? I Don't understand..

One thing about ducks is they can hide pain, sickness very well but seeing all the improvements she was making it was a Horrible shocker.. So sometime during the night she just passed away. Your guess is as good as mine because she didn't drown, she didn't act sick, nothing. I put some baby chicks in with her so she had some company and again she was doing GREAT but that third day, she was gone.

Here's the last pic I have of her, this was day 2 the day before passed away..


6/21/2015 RIP

I'm so sorry to hear that.

 

[Julie Birb]

Well I lost her, She was acting really distance from the others, remember she had slipped tendon. Well something got the best of her.. She got to the point where she couldn't walk at all anymore, couldn't swim, couldn't get to food or water. So I brought her in, made things very accessible to her. BUT of course, the first thing we did was take a bath. LOL.. Two days went by and she was starting to show signs of life again. Looking really good, very alert, talking to me and I was so happy because she was pulling through getting lots of attention, her vegetables etc.. the third day, she was in the corner of the cage and not moving. I touched her because she wasn't doing her morning talking and she was stiff. I was like WHAT? are your kidding me? I Don't understand.. One thing about ducks is they can hide pain, sickness very well but seeing all the improvements she was making it was a Horrible shocker.. So sometime during the night she just passed away. Your guess is as good as mine because she didn't drown, she didn't act sick, nothing. I put some baby chicks in with her so she had some company and again she was doing GREAT but that third day, she was gone. Here's the last pic I have of her, this was day 2 the day before passed away.. 6/21/2015 RIP

oh no, Lacrystol, I am so sorry. You did an incredible job with the little one. I always thought about her alot.

 

[Amiga]

Awful.

 

[Lacrystol]

I know she had Really came a long way, she had a rough start and then nice long restful ending. At least I got one last pic of her alive.. She turned out sooooo beautiful but I doubt it if I could have breed her. I don't think she had the ability to lay eggs would have been nice to get some of her kids.

She got triple whammie with the slipped tendon and then her beak being sliced, bottom jaw cracked into three.and me having to super glue it all together. OH man, the poor thing,