Duckling Diaries: the Life and Times of a Welshie Trio

[BantyChooks]

umm odd question, when you changed your name your posts and sign up date stuck with you??

Yup! I'm still the same ole Bubbles.

 

[Alexandra33]

Now now, young lady, you have only been here for four months longer than me!

That four months is long enough for my bones to start creaking, though.

Age is sure catching up with me, but I'm not too old to steal BURDZ!

You couldn't possibly have the heart to stop a little old lady, now could you?

~Alex

 

[BantyChooks]

That four months is long enough for my bones to start creaking, though. Age is sure catching up with me, but I'm not too old to steal BURDZ! You couldn't possibly have the heart to stop a little old lady, now could you?

~Alex

Couldn't possibly, eh? We'll see about that.

 

[Alexandra33]

Couldn't possibly, eh? We'll see about that!

 

[room onthebroom]

I haven't hijacked Banti's thread in a long time, but shes so sweet about us going off topic that I cant resist.

Question; Any of you duck & chicken people ever had one of your hens picking on your duck. This just started here about a week ago & happens about once a day. Weird thing is that its my lowest ranking, most timid chicken that's causing all the fuss. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY messes with my beloved Mako Mori & gets away with it. I'm a vegetarian & these are my kids pets so I cant send Little Miss Trouble Maker off to Freezer Camp or give her away, but shes gotten a flip flop in the butt a few times, has been put in a time out a few times & has lost some snack privileges. My crazy menagerie of critters usually gets along really well... Keep your fingers crossed for me that this all blows over soon.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I haven't hijacked Banti's thread in a long time, but shes so sweet about us going off topic that I cant resist.

Question; Any of you duck & chicken people ever had one of your hens picking on your duck. This just started here about a week ago & happens about once a day. Weird thing is that its my lowest ranking, most timid chicken that's causing all the fuss. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY messes with my beloved Mako Mori & gets away with it. I'm a vegetarian & these are my kids pets so I cant send Little Miss Trouble Maker off to Freezer Camp or give her away, but shes gotten a flip flop in the butt a few times, has been put in a time out a few times & has lost some snack privileges. My crazy menagerie of critters usually gets along really well... Keep your fingers crossed for me that this all blows over soon.

one of my hens was picking on my little call babies this morning!
brats!! thats what they are, i think its just a pecking order thing, though i did yell at her, whats funny is she probably weighs less than my ducks lol, but they still run away

 

[MandyJ]

one of my hens was picking on my little call babies this morning!
brats!! thats what they are, i think its just a pecking order thing, though i did yell at her, whats funny is she probably weighs less than my ducks lol, but they still run away

When I introduced our 5 ducklings to the adults, all the aggression was on the 'lings side. They would charge up to the adults (2 pekins) and just push them around and peck at them, hence we call the 'lings "the mob"! LOL Now, after a few months, everyone is getting along (most of the time). But I HAVE seen the adults put the babies (4 months old now) in their place.
Good luck!
Mandy

 

[Alexandra33]

I haven't hijacked Banti's thread in a long time, but shes so sweet about us going off topic that I cant resist.

Question; Any of you duck & chicken people ever had one of your hens picking on your duck. This just started here about a week ago & happens about once a day. Weird thing is that its my lowest ranking, most timid chicken that's causing all the fuss. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY messes with my beloved Mako Mori & gets away with it. I'm a vegetarian & these are my kids pets so I cant send Little Miss Trouble Maker off to Freezer Camp or give her away, but shes gotten a flip flop in the butt a few times, has been put in a time out a few times & has lost some snack privileges. My crazy menagerie of critters usually gets along really well... Keep your fingers crossed for me that this all blows over soon.

Yes! Except the ducks provoked our sweet hen(s) into attacking out of self-defense. (not to sound cruel, but they deserved it, the little duck brats

) Do you have a cage of some sort? You could always stick the troublemaker in the cage for a couple weeks and see if things settle down.

~Alex

 

[Spyderk117]

My chickens are awful! If one of my Malllards accidentally flys into the chicken pen all 13 chickens start pecking at the mallard!

 

[room onthebroom]

I would totally expect the ducks to pick on the hens, so I'm shocked its going the other way. Mako is a Swedish Blue & is way bigger than all of the hens. I locked the trouble maker in the coop & she jumped up 4 shelves to stand on top of the quail cage & look out the window... The quail were ******! I wanted to be mad, but it was so funny. I was trying to keep a straight face, but was dying laughing on the inside.