I have no idea what I am doing

[WVduckchick]

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Egg update! Still nothing. Sitting in the coop with them now and she hasn't gone back into the best she made this morning. She seem perfectly normal maybe a little quieter than normal. I'm wondering if the display today was from the egg moving through her pelvis. I'm guessing she might be putting the finishing touches on that egg and it should be any time now. She seems very calm though. Even fell asleep in my lap for a while just now

 

[biophiliac]

 

[Animal family]

You can actually make hay less likely to form a matted mess by chopping it up small. Do you have a lawn mower? (you have a lawn, but a lot of people use a service) If so, you can spread the hay out on the grass and run it over with the mower a few times, then rake it up and put it in empty feed bags until you need it. The mix above "mix of grass and hay and has zeolite in it" is just hay. Hay is simply dried grass and I seriously doubt that the company packages wet grass with hay, that's just BEGGING for a mold problem in the bag. Also, Zeolite is the same stuff as Stall Fresh or Sweet PDZ, both are sold as horse products in 20 lb bags but it is the same stuff and you can sprinkle it in the area to keep ammonia down.

Okay so off topic, I need to hear all about the spoiled rotten semi feral pigeon!

 

[Kusanar]

Okay so off topic, I need to hear all about the spoiled rotten semi feral pigeon!

Here is his thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-questions.1202662/#post-19056981 Feel free to read through, or just look at the pictures. That way we can keep this one SOMEWHAT on topic and keep my pigeon on his thread. lol

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Lucky did her little dance again this morning spinning around in circles with her butt in the air kicking her feet out and then immediately made another nest but still no egg. I hope she is just practicing and not having trouble

 

[biophiliac]

Lucky did her little dance again this morning spinning around in circles with her butt in the air kicking her feet out and then immediately made another nest but still no egg. I hope she is just practicing and not having trouble

Can you link to that video of the duck laying an egg. I could watch that while waiting on Lucky. lol She probably will expect Daddy to capture the blessed event on video also. But the big question I have is ... how do I ask politely? ... are her eggs going to be fertile??? Can you ask Flynn?

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Can you link to that video of the duck laying an egg. I could watch that while waiting on Lucky. lol She probably will expect Daddy to capture the blessed event on video also. But the big question I have is ... how do I ask politely? ... are her eggs going to be fertile??? Can you ask Flynn?

We did catch him mating with her once but he is never more than an inch away from her 24/7. Sometimes I can tell the way she is talking that she has had enough of him and seems really annoyed with him at times. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...3A8CAE400EF582242DD13A8CAE4&FORM=VIRE&PC=APPL Here is the link I saw and that is exactly what lucky has been doing but no egg yet. Any idea what to look for as an indication that she is having trouble? I understand she may just be practicing because she is close but if there is a problem I'd like to catch it before it's too late.

 

[biophiliac]

We did catch him mating with her once but he is never more than an inch away from her 24/7. Sometimes I can tell the way she is talking that she has had enough of him and seems really annoyed with him at times. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...3A8CAE400EF582242DD13A8CAE4&FORM=VIRE&PC=APPL Here is the link I saw and that is exactly what lucky has been doing but no egg yet. Any idea what to look for as an indication that she is having trouble? I understand she may just be practicing because she is close but if there is a problem I'd like to catch it before it's too late.

Don't really have experience with ducks, but with chickens you notice significant changes in behavior and posture if they are egg bound. I wouldn't worry yet. I think the increasing light stimulates these reproductive behaviors. The nest making impulse may precede the egg production... just speculating. You and Michael have done such a spectacular job!! Relax.

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Don't really have experience with ducks, but with chickens you notice significant changes in behavior and posture if they are egg bound. I wouldn't worry yet. I think the increasing light stimulates these reproductive behaviors. The nest making impulse may precede the egg production... just speculating. You and Michael have done such a spectacular job!! Relax.

Thank you. They are so special to us