My Love Affair With Ducks...

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Good news: Six ducklings are developing under Pinball Duck:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22674496

 

[duluthralphie]

Good news: Six ducklings are developing under Pinball Duck:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22674496

Good news?

did you hit your head?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Good news?

did you hit your head?

@duluthralphie - you got me! I am speechless! Dunno what to answer…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Good news?

did you hit your head?

I almost did hit my head today: I was cleaning in the duck-house when suddenly »Peep. PEEP! Cheep?«
Those little duckies are in a hurry, so the first two little babies were born this afternoon, during a severe thunderstorm with a tropical downpour. Maybe i should name one ot the ducklings "Barry"…
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22686988

 

[Beaglegal]

I almost did hit my head today: I was cleaning in the duck-house when suddenly »Peep. PEEP! Cheep?«
Those little duckies are in a hurry, so the first two little babies were born this afternoon, during a severe thunderstorm with a tropical downpour. Maybe i should name one ot the ducklings "Barry"…
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22686988

Pictures!!!!!!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Pictures!!!!!!

Click on the link!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22686988
Or look into my Album:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/albums/late-spring-2020-another-broody-duck.7429246/
And right now there is not much to see anyways. The babies are still sitting under their momma.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

@Mimi13 - Just wanted to show you as a new duck owner, that female ducks sometimes turn into fire-spitting dragons:

Broody Duck 🦆 is about to spit fire 🔥

• WannaBeHillBilly
• May 25, 2020

Fake News: »I am a broody duck!« The next duck going broody for a couple of hours a day: Olivia...

Oh hillbilly...I laughed so hard I cried.

I almost did hit my head today: I was cleaning in the duck-house when suddenly »Peep. PEEP! Cheep?«
Those little duckies are in a hurry, so the first two little babies were born this afternoon, during a severe thunderstorm with a tropical downpour. Maybe i should name one ot the ducklings "Barry"…
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22686988

They always like to hatch during a storm I swear!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Oh hillbilly...I laughed so hard I cried.

They always like to hatch during a storm I swear!

Had to jump through a lot of hoops to get the first video of those rascals:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22696645
Pinball Duck is a very, very protective Momma!

 

[Mimi13]

Click on the link!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/another-broody-duck.1370792/post-22686988
Or look into my Album:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/albums/late-spring-2020-another-broody-duck.7429246/
And right now there is not much to see anyways. The babies are still sitting under their momma.

So I guess ducks are much more protective of their babies than chickens. I reach in underneath and get their chicks to look at. Obviously ducks do not appreciate that invasion.

 

[Mimi13]

They always like to hatch during a storm I swear!

Maybe they can sense all that water and get a little impatient for it!