View attachment 1354878 View attachment 1354879 How I got my ducks : so unfortunately I throwing my husband under the bus , we had company And my son had been asking for birds , I had ZERO desire for ANY pets !!!!!! He thought it would just be a fling I suppose and then had planned to give them to his friend who owns a ranch. Well he initially bought 4 chicks and 2 ducks , WAFFLE AND EGO. Because I’m pregnant and i craved waffles/egos this pregnancy . An d I would tell WAFFLE your the sweeeeeetessst thing , it reminded me of eating waffles so Hints the name waffle. Well the day after getting all the birds which i was super pissed here I am about to have my second child and just moved into house last thing I wanted was more responsibly ! We woke up to ego dead the chicks had pecked him to death , ego was the tiniest duck I had ever seen ! Me not being as observant my son said he had noticed the chicks the night before pecking him , so I started reading and found out they had murdered my EGO due to stress!!!!!! I was NOT having it ! I had still had them in the cardboard box from tractor supply so they were stressed , well now I’m stuck what do I do ! So we started with small brooder box I thought it would be cute to have them around the yard until I figure out what to do. Well day by day I felt obligated to protect them , and I started to fall in love with my little waffle , I knew I wanted to rid the chicks still so I found a place for them but I just couldn’t let this duck go ! So I planned on getting waffle company , well legally they only sell ducks in pairs so we had 3 now I said well I’ll find a home for 1 of the new ones , well over the days they all started having unique behaviors , so here we are , with a duck reservation in our back yard ! I almost feel like a real rancher lol !!!!! It has been such hard work to keep them safe and happy me being pregnant And overly protective I would stay up countless hours during the night holding them and caring for them , cleaning their areas was a pain , especially at the end of my pregnancy ! But sooooooo rewarding this experience hasn’t been . I don’t know what I would be doing without my favorite girls , they stole our hearts and now they are like family . I will always warn someone when they try to get birds for fun during easter holiday ! but I’m glad it happened to me , I took charge and I feel we’ve done a wonderful job . Now we can send message that these are not easter decorations !!!!! This may offend some people but we really didn’t know , my husband just thought it would make my son happy , but he has done such an amazing job as well helping learn and tend to our flock. We love our girls!
