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[duckdad]

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They also like elderberries so you can actually get a mix of colors.

Yeah, I like a little contrast on my tarps & towels so I run some carrots thru the food processor and add that to their diet....seems that whatever color goes In...comes out the same.
I've got some blue and yellow food coloring...but that just seems wrong..

 

[gryeyes]

I guess, because my ducks range freely, I don't have quite as much concentrated duck poo. I have 8 Cayugas and a call drake (his mate is missing, poor fella) plus a pair of Toulouse geese. These ALL put themselves in the coop at night with the chickens (over 50 chickens). The coop is a transmorgrified garage, 17 X 20 feet, and has a pine shavings deep litter floor.

None of the ducks are old enough to lay, yet, so I haven't thought about nests for them.

I do dump and refill their kiddie pools (two of them) every two days, and I refresh their 300 gallon stock tank at the same time.

I love my ducks! They are always happy!

As adorable as they are, don't get call ducks - females, anyway - if you are hoping for quieter ducks. Cayugas ARE quiet, and even the girls don't sound off as much as other ducks.

 

[Suzie]

Duckdad....

I have been crying with laughter at your comments ( or is it my insanity ???) - I have 28 of the poop jets here - fresh water for them is wasted totally as they poop in it and THEN drink it - Ugh!

None of them ever seem to get ill though through their bad habits..... - the eggs from the females taste like eggs surprisingly!

I use a power washer to clean their accommodation on a daily basis - mine do free range during the day and they poop in the mill pond here - they emerge from their overnight accommodation in various states of brown and green and once they have bathed they have different colours - I even have some white ones during the day - evening is another story!

Love them all -

I have to shower after cleaning their homes - due to the rancid deposits on my flesh and clothing...... ah well!

p.s. It is advisable to keep mouth closed when power washing their home - spray can find it's way in areas you would not think possible!

Suzie

 

[Miss Lydia]

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also advisable to hold on to feet when picking them up to or when they start swimming in mid air because various amounts of water mixed with no telling what gets into your mouth and all over your face too.

 

[Suzie]

Hiya Miss Lydia!

Yes my diet consists of duck deposits I am sure - I often return to the house with unmentionable green marks on my face - no wonder my partner is wary of giving me a kiss! It is a worry when the neighbours come over as here in France it is customary to kiss someones cheeks ( face cheeks - not derrier ) when greeting them - glad I am the giver and not the recipient of the yeuck!

Ha Ha !!!!

Hope you are well!

Suzie

 

[70%cocoa]

Definitely keep the mouth closed. And the eyes, if possible. Every day I expect to be struck down with a fatal stomach infection or disfiguring eye disease. So far so good though.

 

[Miss Lydia]

70%cocoa :

Definitely keep the mouth closed. And the eyes, if possible. Every day I expect to be struck down with a fatal stomach infection or disfiguring eye disease. So far so good though.

Must be because we're use to it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Hi Suzie so glad to see you! I am glad that I wear glasses when i end up with stuff slung on my face does protect a little. Usually my clothes don't look so good after spending time bonding with the ducks either. and shoes I'll not even go there, just to say my hose gets a good workout everyday about 150 times.

 

[duckdad]

Nice to see that my experiences are not unusual...I try to save the pen cleaning till the end of the day when I'm ready to take a shower...and just before I do, I'll sit down with the baby (barely qualifies as a baby anymore, feathers, lil wings.. half a tail Left half... ) and let her sit on my chest and play with her for a few minutes...she loves this quality time all to herself as do I, and she displays the same affection that the older birds do...and more. Inevitably this tender moment is interrupted by an audiable SQUIRT>..and a warm sensation somewhere on my upper half.....Little Hairy Beast.

I have learned the hard way to "aim" the little monster...away from my face. Its a long walk to the bathroom with bird poo in your beard.
Cleaning poo off of micro-fiber furniture is one thing...vomit is quite another. I keep waiting for some Dr House type mystery ailment to appear from poo over-exposure.

I used to jump up and freak out...
Now I just sit there, remembering that I was aware of the hazard and I sat with her anyway, and then I talk to my little bird and thank her for doing that because I was really concerned that I might go all day without ANYONE crapping on me...which would be a first and I'm not sure if I would know how to act.

Then she stands there looking at me as if to say...."so its ok, right"?
Of course sweetie...of course it is.

I see today that she needs some more carrots in her diet....

Its pretty amazing but my big birds will make an effort to wait, or to aim elsewhere. I can;t remember the last time Buddy or Squeek hit me...I hold them both everyday. I might end up with poo footprints on my shirt..but no warm poo flowers.

When you;re so tired that getting to the shower takes a big effort....nothing like a wet & warm green pile on your shirt to motivate you !


I wash my hands more than my surgeon.....as well as shirts and pants. When I used to sit with a towel over my body to try and protect myself from the assault they would'nt do it. They'd go on the carpet or wait. Brings new meaning to the term "carpet bombing".

The clerks at the store wonder what kind of drug I am cooking up buying big bottles of bleach every other day....
Which reminds me, I need more carpet fresh and rug shampoo.......

 

[70%cocoa]

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Ha ha!! That describes it exactly.