How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Happy hen lover]

or the duck that has made herself very rare for the last 28 days suddenly walks up to the porch with 12 ducklings in tow and demands more catfood!

Oh how cool . We need pics!

 

[Ascholten]

or the duck that has made herself very rare for the last 28 days suddenly walks up to the porch with 12 ducklings in tow and demands more catfood!

Oh thats funny. When I was a teenager I spent a few summers at my Aunt's house in Miami. They have those domesticated? Muscovy Ducks, the ugly red / black / white / you name it colored ones. Mamma was sitting on her nest, and Id go out every day and feed her and bring her a bowl of fresh water, and she'd actually let me look at the eggs, Id carefully pick one up every now and then or get rid of a bad one if I found it or she pushed it out of the nest. My aunt had finches so Id clean their cages out every day and feed them, and they were messy eaters so Id take the seed scraps which was probably half good seed down to mama duck.

Anyways, before the eggs, she would come up to the back door waiting for me to bring her bread or other snacks.... back to the eggs. They hatched ....one day, she managed to figure out the dog door and brought her entire entourage of ducklings into the house to show them off to me!! My aunt was PISSED!! and blamed me for the entire thing. Well YOU FEED HER ALL THE TIME!!! I remember trying not to laugh, but it didn't work too well and Aunt Evelyn just got more mad. The dogs, I want to say one was a schnauzer or something, the other one was a fat beagle, were barking, mama duck was used to the dogs, but the ducklings were going everywhere! It was a time getting everyone corralled and back out the door, and poop...... yah fond memories heh.

Aaron

 

[Happy hen lover]

Oh thats funny. When I was a teenager I spent a few summers at my Aunt's house in Miami. They have those domesticated? Muscovy Ducks, the ugly red / black / white / you name it colored ones. Mamma was sitting on her nest, and Id go out every day and feed her and bring her a bowl of fresh water, and she'd actually let me look at the eggs, Id carefully pick one up every now and then or get rid of a bad one if I found it or she pushed it out of the nest. My aunt had finches so Id clean their cages out every day and feed them, and they were messy eaters so Id take the seed scraps which was probably half good seed down to mama duck.

Anyways, before the eggs, she would come up to the back door waiting for me to bring her bread or other snacks.... back to the eggs. They hatched ....one day, she managed to figure out the dog door and brought her entire entourage of ducklings into the house to show them off to me!! My aunt was PISSED!! and blamed me for the entire thing. Well YOU FEED HER ALL THE TIME!!! I remember trying not to laugh, but it didn't work too well and Aunt Evelyn just got more mad. The dogs, I want to say one was a schnauzer or something, the other one was a fat beagle, were barking, mama duck was used to the dogs, but the ducklings were going everywhere! It was a time getting everyone corralled and back out the door, and poop...... yah fond memories heh.

Aaron

And that was the beginning of it all ha ha

 

[Texag87]

Mine have been slacking. Only 2 or 3 a day.

 

[chickentrains]

Today I got 0, out of 7 chickens.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

One today and one yesterday!

Both of the light green variety.

So, at least one of the Blues is laying, but with eight tan and fawns, there are a few ducks holding out.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

That limp may have nothing to do with "walking around much", but a lot with your drake(s). Spring time is limping duck time.

Oh ya, it's always the flock hussy with the limp!

I just figure that the ample feeding cuts down on the foraging traffic.

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Ah, I can’t seem to bring myself to raid the nest this morning. Puddles and Matilda are so proud of it!

Its a gorgeous morning, 35 and partly sunny. Everyone is out and swimming. I’ll try to get photos before work.

Scary moment of the AM. I was urging my white Muscovy to join the others when in noticed her feathers on one side were covered in blood. I panicked and started an exam on my very confused bird with any number of horrible situations running through my mind.

I then realized that I had “just” sliced my hand open when removing ice from the pool.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Oh how cool . We need pics!

Oh not, that never happened here! - But i've heart it from others that they suddenly had a bunch of more bills to feed.

 

[j0hnharris]

3 eggs out of 8 chickens