My Love Affair With Ducks...

[HalfWayUpAMountain]

I know what you're talking about: Grumpy ducks with, what looks like, broken feathers and bald spots. And boy are they grumpy!!!

Mine have been in a crappy mood too - didn't actually associate that with the uber molt !

 

[Mimi13]

The record here stands at 115 grams, that is 4.05 ounces. A triple yolk egg, laid by Blanca Duck who was observed having a rather silly walk on that day…

Where are these silly videos found? I’ve never seen anything so silly!

 

[Mimi13]

Talking about first eggs, but first let me introducing the newest member of the »laying sisters«, Misty Duck:

Misty laid her first egg on Thursday, here is a comparison of a normal sized Runner duck egg (left), an egg from the white panzer squadron (middle) and Misty's first one:

That egg weights a whopping 20 grams, i guess that is an interesting product for "Weight Watchers international"…

Was Misty the white and grayish Duck, and she is a Runner? She is very pretty.

 

[Mimi13]

I have 18 »laying sisters« and i collect between 10 to 15 eggs per day, with two ducks definitely not laying now due to a hard mold - those poor girls look like they've fallen into a plucker and forbade any photos. So there is not one egg per day per duck , it is closer to 0.8 eggs per day per duck over the long run.

I want to see a picture of a molting duck please.

 

[Mimi13]

I was going to start as thread on Damn Ugly Molts but one of my girls looked so so so bad I thought I'd get told I wasn't looking after them properly.

Yes.

That bad !

I’ve thought that very thing, except it was a really dirty booty hen that just happened to walk through a video I filming. I have two girls that have notoriously dirty butt feathers. I can’t keep them clean and I just said “fuhgettaboutit!”

 

[HalfWayUpAMountain]

I’ve thought that very thing, except it was a really dirty booty hen that just happened to walk through a video I filming. I have two girls that have notoriously dirty butt feathers. I can’t keep them clean and I just said “fuhgettaboutit!”

 

[HalfWayUpAMountain]

Talking about first eggs, but first let me introducing the newest member of the »laying sisters«, Misty Duck:

Misty laid her first egg on Thursday, here is a comparison of a normal sized Runner duck egg (left), an egg from the white panzer squadron (middle) and Misty's first one:

That egg weights a whopping 20 grams, i guess that is an interesting product for "Weight Watchers international"…

And I am still laughing at white panzer squadron !

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Mine have been in a crappy mood too - didn't actually associate that with the uber molt !

Katharina Duck was so cranky during here hard molt this year she was beating up one of her sister ducks because the waterer wasn't filling up quickly enough. She ran around like an angry boxer, leaving a trail of feathers behind…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Where are these silly videos found? I’ve never seen anything so silly!

Have you never heart of »Monty Python«? - My personal favorite is "The life of Brian"!
Always look at the bright side of life!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Was Misty the white and grayish Duck, and she is a Runner? She is very pretty.

That's why i named her Misty! - Her feathers look like the mist in the morning. And yes, there is a lot of Runner Duck in her but i have no clue who are Mom and Dad as Pinball Duck grabbed every egg she could get her bill on and shoved it under her fluffy butt. I am not sure, but Nona Duck might be her (grand-)mother because she shows some of Nona's behavior and the way she is talking is so "Nona".