Mare's Illegal Cute-ness (Call Duck) Chat Thread!!

[casportpony]

You're the only one that's mentioned BPs. Do I need to ask Kathy to take your posting privileges away?

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

Are speaking price or space-wise?

We’re speaking “people not judging me because I have 30 ducks”

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

From Mare. She sells eggs for $240 a dozen I think it was.

$420 a dozen sounds better

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

$420 a dozen sounds better

Eeeeekkk!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

We’re speaking “people not judging me because I have 30 ducks”

Ah, yeah. Just tell people you only have 15 full sized ducks and you'll be all good.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

Ah, yeah. Just tell people you only have 15 full sized ducks and you'll be all good.

I do like duck math...

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Aside from the hatching issues are there any negative effects the super short bill has? Difficult foraging, higher chance for respiratory issues, anything?

 

[WVduckchick]

What colors are they?

Hi everyone! I currently have 58 Call ducks!
Pretty much every color and/or combination possible, I think. Except for white! I lost my white trio last fall. I have 7 ducklings from a September broody hatch, and 6 from 2 October hatches. Lost a few to cold/wet weather this fall, but I had so many broody girls, it got a little too crazy anyway! I also still have 3 flocks of bantam chickens (d’uccles (x2 colors) and seramas) and a group of Satinette pigeons.

A few recent pics of some ducks!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Hi everyone! I currently have 58 Call ducks!

That sounds... messy.

 

[WVduckchick]

That sounds... messy.

Not as bad as you’d think. Their main pen gets muddy after a heavy rain, but they forage in my whole yard, and haven’t killed the grass yet. I had 4 Swedish ducks several years ago that totally demolished one area of grass. Surprisingly, the calls aren’t very destructive. Unless you count the holes they dig.