My three not so babies

[SkyeT]

It's been a while since i last visited. It's just been that busy and crazy at the house with a college student, senior in HS and husband all working from home. I went from quiet solitude to chaos and, to top it all off, computer access very limited due to hubby needing it to work.

Anyway, the babies we got back on Feb 3 and 10 are all grown up now! They are fully integrated into the flock. We still divide the pen at night, just because we are still wary of Cupcake's size compared to Brownie, our petite buff runner.

Anyway, here is a vid of them all grown up. Enjoy!

 

[Isaac 0]

Beautiful!

 

[Texag87]

That is the same duck ballet my runner drake does

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are so pretty! ❤

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

It's been a while since i last visited. It's just been that busy and crazy at the house with a college student, senior in HS and husband all working from home. I went from quiet solitude to chaos and, to top it all off, computer access very limited due to hubby needing it to work.

Anyway, the babies we got back on Feb 3 and 10 are all grown up now! They are fully integrated into the flock. We still divide the pen at night, just because we are still wary of Cupcake's size compared to Brownie, our petite buff runner.

Anyway, here is a vid of them all grown up. Enjoy!

They are beautiful! Is your Rouen happy to have some mallard-derived girls around?

 

[SkyeT]

They are beautiful! And such loving and attentive ducks. All those weeks indoors, shaving changes, messy water areas really paid off. We ended up with 2 girls and 1 boy. Storm and Brownie are the girls and Blondie is the boy. He's really filled out nicely and finally has his boy voice. For a while he was so very quiet, even when he tried to talk!

And yes, I love the ballet! Around here we call it Duck Yoga! Brownie tends to do it the most. I am always so impressed by how perfectly balanced they remain!

As to the Rouen, at first she wanted nothing to do with them when we started introducing them outside. They tried to hang out with her, but she wasnt having it. It made us sad since we got them so she would have others of her "kind" around. But, nature intervened.

She lays nearly every day. One of our Scovy girls, Salt, is a majorly broody meanie and was sitting on sunshine's egg each morning. Then, Salt got attack mean and was picking on sunshine in the 1st gen side if the pen when they were put up for the night. So, out of necessity, we move Sunshine to the newbie's side of the pen. That forced sleep over did the trick! After two nights, all four ducks were friends and moved together almost constantly. And because Sunshine accepts them and hunts with them, the 2 Scovy girls have also accepted the new ducks.

So, great times in the backyard!

 

[DucksOhio]

Beautiful and so comical! Wow, they are really friendly with you.
Brownie looks so mu like my runner drake, Sparky.

 

[SkyeT]

Brownie resembles the runner drake we lost last year, Duckter, who was Sunshine's best friend. They were inseparable. He was killed by a hawk, which unsuccessfully attacked her as well. We are really happy she likes her new companions.

 

[quackiemama]

Awww they are so sweet and pretty. Thank you for sharing!