Good Morning, Happy Chicken People!
Donna, so glad about your dad! My own dad is scheduled for a cardiac ablation on the 23rd. I've already cancelled classes for that day. He's very nervous. It's supposed to be a "minor" procedure, but as he always says, a "minor" procedure is one they're doing on someone else. A few years back, my mom went in for heart cath, and ended up in emergency double bypass after they induced a heart attack. She's never been the same since. So Dad is understandably nervous. And he's 84. Tough guy, though. Still does his own farm work, roof repairs, whatever needs doing. Plus he had to learn to cook after Mom's surgery, since she no longer can. He's become a dang good scratch cook!
As far as ducks go, muscovies make great pets! I had a drake when I was a kid who would sit on my back. He was too big for my shoulder, but if I bent over and patted my back, he'd fly up. I've had them here, too. And several of them made pets of themselves. I had one lovely lady named Katie who managed to steal a couple nests every summer. She'd sit...and hatch...up to thirty eggs. I'd collect her and all the babies and move them into my garden. A temporary shelter, a swimming pool with a way in and out for the babies, and a feeder. Kept the babies from getting trampled by the dairy goats I had then, plus they'd eat all the bugs in the garden. They did very little damage to my groceries. Once when I let their feeder get empty, Katie flew out to meet me at the barn, and chewed me out but good.
I miss having muscovies. If I had a pond for them, I'd still have them.
Have a great day, everyone!
it was such a relief it was over.
So glad to hear he is doing well.
