grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

did the worker tell you how he did or if he liked it?

He said he was hard on the break but otherwise ok. I asked Robert if he liked it. he said meh.

 

[Dannachic]

He said he was hard on the break but otherwise ok. I asked Robert if he liked it. he said meh.

well he tried..when i first started i was hard on that brake too..

 

[Granny Hatchet]

We had two small wet weather springs on the farm. I had one piped to a metal bathtub that the sheep, goats and cattle drank out of. It took those 6 ducks less than 15 minutes to ruin that after they found it. The other spring, they kept dabbling in until they spread all over the pasture, an area about 30 x 30 was permanent mud hole from them constantly digging around in the grass. Then they figured out the steers got grain in the square wooden boxes in the barn yard. They would climb into the wooden boxes after the grain and pinch the steers noses until the steers stayed out while the ducks ate all the grain...... The Holstein steer finally got his fill of that and crushed one of them in the grain box. They also wouldn't bed down at night and waddled around and around the house until about 3 in the morning......... 5 female ducks can be very disturbing when they won't shut up. My porches on the house were like mine fields. I couldn't keep them in with the chickens because the drake terrorized everybody. And they would empty the waterer as fast as I could fill it up. The bedding stayed soaked. They finally committed suicide in the steers feed odes. Sorry, but, I was glad to see them go.

thank you for the info. they sound like terrors ! I want company for Flo . I feel sorry for her but I wont keep a drake for sure. It would ruin my hens . I remember that much you told me. Im thinking if they are both boys I will rehome them all this summer but I do like Flo.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Papa, did you see them now ?

 

[Dannachic]

We had two small wet weather springs on the farm. I had one piped to a metal bathtub that the sheep, goats and cattle drank out of. It took those 6 ducks less than 15 minutes to ruin that after they found it. The other spring, they kept dabbling in until they spread all over the pasture, an area about 30 x 30 was permanent mud hole from them constantly digging around in the grass. Then they figured out the steers got grain in the square wooden boxes in the barn yard. They would climb into the wooden boxes after the grain and pinch the steers noses until the steers stayed out while the ducks ate all the grain...... The Holstein steer finally got his fill of that and crushed one of them in the grain box. They also wouldn't bed down at night and waddled around and around the house until about 3 in the morning......... 5 female ducks can be very disturbing when they won't shut up. My porches on the house were like mine fields. I couldn't keep them in with the chickens because the drake terrorized everybody. And they would empty the waterer as fast as I could fill it up. The bedding stayed soaked. They finally committed suicide in the steers feed boxes Sorry, but, I was glad to see them go.

i had two ducks long time ago,i thought i had a male and female,turned out both were female and i found their nest.it had 32 eggs in it.a car killed one and a dog killed the other one...

 

[enola]

Actually my story about the ducks us a good example of what happens when you get an animal before you are prepared with housing and fencing for them.

But the only way I would keep ducks would be in a wire bottomed cage. They just make everything nasty if you have to confine them.

 

[Dannachic]

Actually my story about the ducks us a good example of what happens when you get an animal before you are prepared with housing and fencing for them.

But the only way I would keep ducks would be in a wire bottomed cage. They just make everything nasty if you have to confine them.

they sure can be nasty.squirt alot too..

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i had two ducks long time ago,i thought i had a male and female,turned out both were female and i found their nest.it had 32 eggs in it.a car killed one and a dog killed the other one...

me too ! I was about 16 . lived in KY I also HAD a dog. Man that sold them picked out male and female . he was good at it. any way, I come home from school and ducks were in a box and she had hauled my dog off and dumped it somewhere on the side of the road. Most of my dogs went that way growing up. Shoot I would of fed those ducks to the dog if I could have. Mom smeared bacon grease on the ducks, they got healed up then left...

 

[Dannachic]

me too ! I was about 16 . lived in KY I also HAD a dog. Man that sold them picked out male and female . he was good at it. any way, I come home from school and ducks were in a box and she had hauled my dog off and dumped it somewhere on the side of the road. Most of my dogs went that way growing up. Shoot I would of fed those ducks to the dog if I could have. Mom smeared bacon grease on the ducks, they got healed up then left...

thats sad.they are cute and fun to watch.they talk to each other..

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Actually my story about the ducks us a good example of what happens when you get an animal before you are prepared with housing and fencing for them.

But the only way I would keep ducks would be in a wire bottomed cage. They just make everything nasty if you have to confine them.

I keep Flo with the chickens . Its a big run with a compost floor . she has her own dog house . she dont roost with them . Pretty much keeps to herself . Maybe she is the exception to the rule ?