how can i...

[Duck mommy 2019]

how can i get my parents to let me get more ducklings. i take care of the ducks i have now completely on my own the only thing my parents do is buy the food. and where can i get a call duck

 

[Henry&Friends]

take your softer sided parent (for me it’s my mom) to the feed store, and just happen to find the cute little ducklings. Point out how small and cute and adorable they are, and how they deserve the best life (at your house) extra points if you name them immediately.

do you have a job? When I started paying for my chickens food (about twenty bucks a week) I kind of became the chicken owner. So I bought a shed, some fencing, and bedding too. Then, I bought a heat lamp, some bulbs, feeders and waterers.... and now I’ve got chicks brooding in my bedroom closet.

unless you can pitch in some cash, I really wouldn’t keep pushing your parents to get more. Poultry is expensive! I didn’t realize how hard it was to keep up until I became the sole keeper upper... and the more you harass them about it, the more they’re going to say no, and the more they’ll solidify that “no” in their heads. Just keep showing them how responsible you are with your current ducks, and the chicken math (or duck math in this case) ought to present itself.

and remember- when they say no, which they’re going to the first couple of times, don’t get mad. Keep your cool, show them that you’re responsible enough to have the amount of ducks you currently have, and that while you want more you understand that you don’t need more. (Say those exact words. “I understand that while I want more, I don’t need more.” Works like a charm on my parents.)

 

[Jpat]

I had to wait till i baught my own property

 

[CluckNDoodle]

take your softer sided parent (for me it’s my mom) to the feed store, and just happen to find the cute little ducklings. Point out how small and cute and adorable they are, and how they deserve the best life (at your house) extra points if you name them immediately.

do you have a job? When I started paying for my chickens food (about twenty bucks a week) I kind of became the chicken owner. So I bought a shed, some fencing, and bedding too. Then, I bought a heat lamp, some bulbs, feeders and waterers.... and now I’ve got chicks brooding in my bedroom closet. View attachment 2036266

unless you can pitch in some cash, I really wouldn’t keep pushing your parents to get more. Poultry is expensive! I didn’t realize how hard it was to keep up until I became the sole keeper upper... and the more you harass them about it, the more they’re going to say no, and the more they’ll solidify that “no” in their heads. Just keep showing them how responsible you are with your current ducks, and the chicken math (or duck math in this case) ought to present itself.

and remember- when they say no, which they’re going to the first couple of times, don’t get mad. Keep your cool, show them that you’re responsible enough to have the amount of ducks you currently have, and that while you want more you understand that you don’t need more. (Say those exact words. “I understand that while I want more, I don’t need more.” Works like a charm on my parents.)

☝ This is a professional!! LOL!!

On a side note, if you wait until you're an adult like me, make sure to establish your poultry habit before marriage. I had to wait entirely too long to get mine during the convincing process with my Husband.

 

[Henry&Friends]

☝ This is a professional!! LOL!!

On a side note, if you wait until you're an adult like me, make sure to establish your poultry habit before marriage. I had to wait entirely too long to get mine during the convincing process with my Husband.

I’m going on four years of keeping chickens... Did you know, way back in ‘16, it was my moms idea to get a few hens? I didn’t even care for chickens... now my moms boss (who’s had chickens for many, many, many, many years) comes to me for chicken advice! A few months ago, I lost a few hens in quick succession to loose neighborhood dogs (I’ve steadily developed a hatred for dogs over the four years too) and my mom said we’re done having chickens. No more chickens, not now and not never.

Then her boss got silkies and polish chicks, and I love those breeds so much, so my parents rushed on over to rural king praying they still had those breeds. They didn’t.

Guess who still came home with some cinnamon queens and assorted breeds? Even the most stone hearted, cold person is susceptible to chicken math.

and if her boss gets more silkies or polish chicks, she’d better hand them over she always buys them and then tells us after the store runs out, knowing darn well how much I need to have those breeds.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I’m going on four years of keeping chickens... Did you know, way back in ‘16, it was my moms idea to get a few hens? I didn’t even care for chickens... now my moms boss (who’s had chickens for many, many, many, many years) comes to me for chicken advice! A few months ago, I lost a few hens in quick succession to loose neighborhood dogs (I’ve steadily developed a hatred for dogs over the four years too) and my mom said we’re done having chickens. No more chickens, not now and not never.

Then her boss got silkies and polish chicks, and I love those breeds so much, so my parents rushed on over to rural king praying they still had those breeds. They didn’t.

Guess who still came home with some cinnamon queens and assorted breeds? Even the most stone hearted, cold person is susceptible to chicken math.

and if her boss gets more silkies or polish chicks, she’d better hand them over she always buys them and then tells us after the store runs out, knowing darn well how much I need to have those breeds.

I'm not sure if you've fallen victim to the the addiction of hatching your own chicks yet but when you can't find the breeds you want at the store, there's always getting an incubator and filling it with eggs! lol

 

[Henry&Friends]

I'm not sure if you've fallen victim to the the addiction of hatching your own chicks yet but when you can't find the breeds you want at the store, there's always getting an incubator and filling it with eggs! lol

I can’t afford an incubator, and if I could, I don’t think I’d be able to afford the amount of eggs I’d hatch!

one day, I’ll own acres upon acres of land and, like, 3 big incubators and I’ll have all the chickens my heart desires... for now, though, I gotta focus on dumb things like school and work and stuff.