Duckling Diaries: the Life and Times of a Welshie Trio

[shawluvsbirds]

Lol, soon, soon they'll be old enough

That's the trouble. . I was told all these girls around already a year old. They are not interested in the boys at all. They scream rape and run every time one even looks at them.lol then the boys get mad and Chase them and try to gang up on them. Which is not helping its making them more terrified of them.
Maybe when spring comes.

 

[duluthralphie]

Everybody loves Ralphie.

Truer words were never written.

 

[BantyChooks]

Truer words were never written.

I wasn't talking about you, human Ralphie.

That's the trouble. . I was told all these girls around already a year old. They are not interested in the boys at all. They scream rape and run every time one even looks at them.lol then the boys get mad and Chase them and try to gang up on them. Which is not helping its making them more terrified of them.
Maybe when spring comes.

I'll send Ally over to give them lessons.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I wasn't talking about you, human Ralphie.


I'll send Ally over to give them lessons.

Oh they see it daily .. . and they are like nuh uh no way we are outta here!

 

[duluthralphie]

I wasn't talking about you, human Ralphie.


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Proving even a blind squirrel can stumble across an acorn now and then, when the statement is applied to me.

 

[BantyChooks]

Proving even a blind squirrel can stumble across an acorn now and then, when the statement is applied to me.

I think this one was a rotten acorn.

 

[room onthebroom]

The 2017 beepers are really growing up. They have strong personalities now (shush, human Ralphie) and are nearly in full adult feathering. Where'd my babies go?

Ralphie the Blue Swedish is the skittish alarm clock of the group. Anything and everything could be or is a threat and MUST be warned about in dire quacks that send the whole group and most of the chickens diving for cover. Ralphie, stop hiding under a bush, that's a blue jay, not a hawk... No, Ralphie, that really is the same nice dog that came over yesterday, the day before that, and the day before that too. You can stop wigging out now.
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Aspen the Cayuga is the tranquil darling and she knows it. She looks like a midnight princess and acts like one too. You can usually find her floating serenely in the pool or shoving her sibs out of the way to eat all the food first. I never said she was a polite princess!
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Brooke the WH is the active one with a crabby streak meaning that she must bite newcomers on the head once or twice or three times before finally giving up and accepting that he's here for good. She's always trying her wings out and can actually make it off the ground and fly a few feet before going plunk, making her seem like a songbird next to Hailey the blimp. She reminds me a great deal of Heather in her temperament.
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Drake the WH is THE man in charge. He'll make sure you know it too. He's a bold, brassy, colourful gentleman that'd be a teenager with green hair and piercings if he were human. He doesn't mind being handled too much and is so huge and poofy you can barely hold him.
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Hailey the Silver Appleyard is the sweet-as-sugar girlie that just wants to be your friend. She has a penchant for hogging the food even more than her sister, Aspen, which leads me to believe I should have named her Blimp. Her and Drake are the only ducks to frequently come right up to my feet and bite my ankles in between a stream of never ending commentary.
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And now, the one and only Flippy, a Lavender Ancona. She sometimes acts like she got dropped on her head as a baby, but we all love her anyway. She earned her name from the way her webbies slapped down on the dirt when she was chasing flies. She will sulk for ages if I dare interrupt the pecking order---she flomped off in a huff and sat under the scaffolding for the coop (10' away from the flock) when I introduced the ducks to Jules for the first time. I don't think she even looked at him for two days...
By the way, did you think it wasn't possible for a duck to do doughnuts in a pool? Flippy can prove you wrong. She's nuts in there.
(See Aspen being her queenly self and Hailey smiling for the camera?)
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Scooter the Black Ancona is the quiet and reserved gentleman that's actually the most handsome of the group. He's always near the rear of the group and rarely comes to say hi. C'mon scoots, we all luvs ya...
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Ally the Chocolate Ancona is a sparky and adorable gal that gets along well with everyone. Particularly the drakes, if you know what I mean. Ahem. We won't judge.
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Now for Jules, the Snowy Call. They say the best is last and I'm rather inclined to believe it. He's the newest member of the group and makes me crack up laughing when he runs around the pool 20 times trying to get in. He evidently is too cool to use the stairs. Sometimes he flies in using them lovely wings that the other fatties can't use because they're too busy eating.
He argued with Drake a lot at first, but after coming to terms with the fact he really is 1/3 of the size he reluctantly sank back in his attempts to dethrone the king. He's still pretty reserved around people but he complains the least of all of them if I do happen to catch him.
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Love! Love!! Love!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

Love! Love!! Love!!!

Aspen's still mine, just so ya know.

 

[room onthebroom]

Aspen's still mine, just so ya know.

How very Naïve of you to think that. She is unbelievably beautiful! There's a Cayuga at the local duck pond that some hater dumped. He's enormous. I was kinda surprised they got that big. He was bigger than Mako.

 

[BantyChooks]

How very Naïve of you to think that. She is unbelievably beautiful! There's a Cayuga at the local duck pond that some hater dumped. He's enormous. I was kinda surprised they got that big. He was bigger than Mako.

Well, considering even Google maps can't figure out my address, I think I'm safe from you.