Close call: We almost lost Limpy Drake this evening 🥶😨😦

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I'm glad Limpy is ok!! And I am so so sorry that you have migraines, they're horrible.

Fortunately i have those only a few times a year, but when they hit, i'm not myself!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

So glad you heard him and got him in! No doubt he told all the other ducks all about it The others will all be wanting to come inside and get in the tub today too
I can't imagine it's easy doing a head count with 29 ducks.

You would be surprised! There is not much difference between caring for 24 or 29 ducks. Just a bit more food to dispense, the house must be cleaned after 85 instead of 90 days… Ducks scale very well.
No ducks in my tub today! - They were more listening to Limpy's meal-worm story i guess, the cat-food disappeared super-fast out of my hands this morning!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

So happy Limpy is okay. I have to do head counts many times in the evening. And have still missed a few. Thank goodness most go in before I am finished cleaning up, I have had to go round up the stragglers. And have looked outside before and seen a bantam standing at the door wanting in and it's all locked up. It's a horrible feeling. Hope you find Limpy doing good this morning. And your migraine is gone.

Usually i don't have to do a head-count in the evening. I know Limpy is a straggler every day and i have to watch out for him, but yesterday, i swear there was no Limpy in the pool, where he usually hands out. - Or i haven't seen him because the water level is low in there.
Yes, Limpy is doing fine today and my migraine is gone - just have a bad cold now. And Limpy forgave me, due to that meal-worm bribe!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I just love Limpy! He is so smart!

And yet sometimes sooo dumb! - But i love him too!

 

[starri33]

Be kind to yourself, you were sick and didn't do it on purpose, Limpy is a very intelligent drake to know where to go to be heard. I've blocked off my chicken entrance where I could clean the coop without them under foot and went out the next morning and found where I'd failed to unblock their door. so they spent the night outside, it didn't kill anyone.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Maybe they’d be easier to count if you had an even 30 .

Believe it or not, i am already looking for ways to expand the duck-house…
Guess i'm a lost cause…

 

[Raenh]

Anyone that says our ducks are stupid, has never truly been loved by one that knows we care for them.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Be kind to yourself, you were sick and didn't do it on purpose, Limpy is a very intelligent drake to know where to go to be heard. I've blocked off my chicken entrance where I could clean the coop without them under foot and went out the next morning and found where I'd failed to unblock their door. so they spent the night outside, it didn't kill anyone.

It should not have happened! Limpy is already weaker that the others and i don't know if he would have survived last night, it was cold and it was very wet…
Every morning, after releasing the Duckies i have to lock the door open with a bungee-cord, otherwise the wind blows it shut and then the ducks can no longer access their beloved pellets. Whenever i forget to do this and the door is closed they run around the house trying to alert me to their misery. They do have their humon trained well, do they?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Anyone that says our ducks are stupid, has never truly been loved by one that knows we care for them.

When somebody calls me "bird-brain" i smile and say "Thank you!. - Confusing everybody.

 

[starri33]

It should not have happened! Limpy is already weaker that the others and i don't know if he would have survived last night, it was cold and it was very wet…
Every morning, after releasing the Duckies i have to lock the door open with a bungee-cord, otherwise the wind blows it shut and then the ducks can no longer access their beloved pellets. Whenever i forget to do this and the door is closed they run around the house trying to alert me to their misery. They do have their humon trained well, do they?

Sounds like they do have you trained, maybe you can set up a side shelter that God forbid should it happen again, they'd have a place to get into. I've since stopped closing off the chicken door when I am cleaning, I just boot them in the butt with the broom. Their nosy and like to come watch what I'm doing. So much so they will walk away from their scratch.