Duck Addicts Anonymous (DAA)

[HeatherKellyB]

I sold 20 Call Ducks, so I just have 20 Call Ducks left. But... I have 20 call duck eggs in the incubator.
I'm sure I don't need to keep them all.

I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one that's ready to get the incubator running and full of duck eggs! Did all 20 of your Calls go to the same person? How did you decide which ones to sell? You have so many gorgeous Calls

 

[WVduckchick]

I was watching my girl Phoenix yesterday, she was scooting around on her belly, and the boys were being a little too rough on her. I grabbed her for a minute, but she wasn’t happy about it. This was my loner duckling that sat on my lap nightly for the first 2 months of her life!

But anyway, she walked away from me and a bit later, she was standing in a puddle getting a drink. She was making weird motions and I was really worried. But then plop! Out pops an egg! Right before my eyes!
It’s soft, so I assume it’s her first.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one that's ready to get the incubator running and full of duck eggs! Did all 20 of your Calls go to the same person? How did you decide which ones to sell? You have so many gorgeous Calls

Yes, an older guy with a farm bought all 20.
I had some interest splitting them up, but no one followed through.
I have decided to just breed whites, black magpies, butterscotchs, and my silvers (I have what I think are a silver bibbed and 2 silver magpies).
What I call magpies are more anconas. ? spelling?

 

[Happy Hill Farmstead]

I was watching my girl Phoenix yesterday, she was scooting around on her belly, and the boys were being a little too rough on her. I grabbed her for a minute, but she wasn’t happy about it. This was my loner duckling that sat on my lap nightly for the first 2 months of her life!

But anyway, she walked away from me and a bit later, she was standing in a puddle getting a drink. She was making weird motions and I was really worried. But then plop! Out pops an egg! Right before my eyes!
It’s soft, so I assume it’s her first.
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That is so exciting that you watched her lay her first egg! We have 2 babies that we hatched out last year and we are anxiously waiting for them to start laying this spring

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

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These are what I am calling silvers. I could be wrong. They are much lighter than blue.
Front bibbed is blue, back bibbed is silver?

 

[Everose]

Buff girls looking a little scruffy.

Still waiting for eggs

They've all become one flock with two completely different personalities. The saxony are terrified of me while the buff will step all over me. None of them want to be my friend but the buff are definitely more friendly when I have food.

The guineas like the ducks but tried to murder my roo

 

[Angel07]

On the topic of picky ducks (a few days ago but oh well). Our birds eat kitchen scraps as a large part of their diet. Still get layer feed and free range mix too. Been doing it for years. In all that time, all our other animals come running for food every time someone goes out there, even if there's no food to be given. Except the ducks. I go out to chuck out the scraps and everyone is in the area I chuck them out except for the ducks They're lucky I love them

 

[Albert the Saxony]

On the topic of picky ducks (a few days ago but oh well). Our birds eat kitchen scraps as a large part of their diet. Still get layer feed and free range mix too. Been doing it for years. In all that time, all our other animals come running for food every time someone goes out there, even if there's no food to be given. Except the ducks. I go out to chuck out the scraps and everyone is in the area I chuck them out except for the ducks They're lucky I love them

For whatever reason my runners will eat anything I give them and it can be completely new to them, but my other larger breeds are pretty picky as well as my geese. It’s funny that the lightweight breed is the one to eat the most, but that is probably why my runners are so fat compared to others, their all a bit of a glutton with food. What are your breeds?

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

It’s that day. The day the ducks find out what lies beneath the snow. The answer is glorious mud! Also, some corn, apparently. Sun and fresh air for all! I finally got to examine Daphne, and her feet are in poor shape after too many -20 degree nights this winter. I think that time + warm(er) weather + lots of floating in the pool will help, but I’m not sure she’ll be able to take another winter. But for now, she’s still bright, still interested in the glorious muddy mess outside.

 

[Albert the Saxony]

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Nice pics