*Duck Beauty Contest!!!*

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Thanks so much! She is a Buff Orpington. She is now almost 2. She was younger in that photo. My hubby thought the photo was so cute that he used it as inspiration and painted her on this sign for us to sell our duck eggs!

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Aww that is so sweet! Such a wonderful sign! Your husband painted that? He is very talented! I bet you sell a lot of eggs with that advertising!
Looks exactly like her!

 

[salshep20]

I knew it was over. I was just sharing a photo of our cute Jemima. You are very rude.

because its over how am I rude

 

[salshep20]

because its over how am I rude

the contest ended were done entering photos

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

We can still upload photos to share our babies.

 

[Percipen]

This is one of my four chocolate Runners (have 12 Runners & 2 khaki Campbell's), she may not be the most beautiful but her story has beauty. She is one of 10 ducklings I ordered. All was going good til I moved them to an outside enclosed coop for more room as they were 7 weeks and it was still warm outside (added a lower wattage light in case too chilly). She was a little smaller than the others and they apparently trampled her one night. I found her unable to move, she couldn't bear any weight on her left leg. I quickly put her back in the nursery (added a mirror so she'd think she had company). I had to make a choice whether to cull a partly paralyzed duckling or not. I chose not to at this point and gave her time to heal (if possible). Afterall many years ago, I had to do physical therapy on a kitten partly paralyzed from two strokes in its first 10 weeks. She grew into a beautiful cat but with some walking difficulties but could hop like a rabbit better. So I had to try. The first week was touch and go, she stayed in one position so I had to constantly clean her off (puppy pads worked great with bedding). Week 2, I started doing warm water baths 2x daily, doing massage and gentle stretching of the leg. After several days, she started trying to stand in the water. Hope yet. By week 3 she could stand in water but not on her own yet. In the mean time my girl Kitty (yes, the dog) took a motherly interest in her. I think this helped the duckling recover quicker. By end of week 3, she was trying to stand and could flop a foot or so. Kitty started getting behind and nudging her gently to encourage her to try moving. It helped, after 4 weeks she was returned to the pen during the day while I was there but put in her cage at night since she still had some walking difficulties and struggled to keep up with the rest. After a week, I just left her alone, as time went on, she gained strength and was able to keep up with the others. Now, I can't tell her from the rest unless she's walking.

Kitty mothering the duckling.
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One of her first full attempts at walking.
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I can only tell her apart from the other 3 chocolate Runners by how her left foot turns in slightly as she walks. She's the top one on the right, next to fence.
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I'm so glad I gave her time to heal. She's such a beautiful girl, can't wait for eggs.

Normally, I give all my injured chickens or ducks 1-2 weeks to begin to heal but if they show no improvement and are worse, I will cull them.

Are those lavender runners???

 

[countryladyNH]

Aww that is so sweet! Such a wonderful sign! Your husband painted that? He is very talented! I bet you sell a lot of eggs with that advertising!
Looks exactly like her!

Thanks! He is very talented! We only have a couple ducks but we sell their eggs fast and have customers waiting! We have 8 hens. We have a cute sign for them too. We put them out by the road and we always get a ton of compliments.

 

[salshep20]

We can still upload photos to share our babies.

sure go ahead

 

[salshep20]

We can still upload photos to share our babies.

dont be an idiot not without me

 

[countryladyNH]

sure go ahead

Exactly. So why did you feel the need to be completely rude last night to someone you don't know!

 

[salshep20]

dont be an idiot not without me