Larkwell Valley (2023)

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you still have a dark brahma bantams?

No, my hen passed a while ago

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Thanks for explaining, I was confused and had never heard of a Momma Duck doing that to her baby when it was not a newborn. I hope that it recovers well for you.

As long as that hen doesn't do it again, I think she'll heal just fine. It was just bizarre, I have never had that aggressive of a response happen from a hen towards any other bird before. I really don't know what triggered her like that. The duckling has her legs back under her though, amd is as fast as ever, walking and cheeping away like she was before any of this happened though

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

No, my hen passed a while ago

Oh. Where did you get her from?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh. Where did you get her from?

Ideal.

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

Ideal.

Oh ok. That's where I was planning to get mine from

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

I didn't know if there was any breeders breeding higher quality than hatchery birds. The bantam darks are almost impossible to find

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Looks like she has both eyes. She has a bit of a harder time getting o her feet if she's knocked onto her back, but nothing to worry about from what I can tell. The attacking hen isn't causing any other issues. She's been around the duckling since it hatched, still not sure what set her off

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I didn't know if there was any breeders breeding higher quality than hatchery birds. The bantam darks are almost impossible to find

I wouldn't know. I got her mostly because mt dad had liked the color of the large one

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

I wouldn't know. I got her mostly because mt dad had liked the color of the large one

Oh ok

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not much has happened. Hatched some ducks, then sold them once they were starting to quack/whisper. Ended up with 3 girls and a boy, so they were easy enough to sell. Went to a kiddo in the same 4H club I used to be in, so that was cool.

Little duckling I mentioned earlier in the thread is a big, beautiful drake. Have another that started quacking this weekend that is a blue magpie looking girl. Think she's part call and part runner just because I don't have any other pair that make that coloring work