mothering at a young age

[pekinduck<3er]

Hi,

I have 2 cayuga ducklings. male and female called trouble and honey! i was just experimenting and i got a chicken egg and put it in fron of honey. she pecked at it and to my suprise tryed to shove it under her!! soo cute

she couldnt becuase she was not big to have it under her butshe surely tried! shes only 2 weeks and so is her trouble!!
i love them much and will love if you post some stories about your ducks and if possible maybe you could post some pics of your super pippy ducks!
~bye!!!!!

 

[duckyfromoz]

How cute.. They really do have such wonderful character dont they. I love watching their funny antics- and even just watching them laying around the yard asleep.

I have so many stories... But will relate the following as it also involves eggs and babies.

I recently took a just hatched duckling out to see how the older ducks who are laying or broody would react. Flippy- a duck who is laying- and kind of broody (but I keep taking her eggs as I dont want her to sit). She took a good look at the duckling then rushed of and sat on her nest. It was funny - and I almost tried popping the baby under her to see what would happen - but it was so new I didnt want to risk it.