New duck owner!

[Dees ducks]

The funny thing is when I picked her up from the farm she was grey almost black. The farmer, who had a very funny strong Norfolk accent, insisted that she was a pure white Aylesbury and that I should put her in the bath and give her a wash to clean her up! Well I came away laughing so much imaging trying to get this obviously stressed and disorientated duck in the bath just so that I could see that she is white! As keen as I was to get her looking lovely and white I had hoped that a good dunk and swim in the pond would do the trick. However, as you can see from the pics she has managed to get herself clean in her own special Jemima way. Honestly, I reckon that farmer was barking mad saying I should wash the duck, either that or he thought that I was so vain as to not want a duck who was dirty! He clearly doesn't know me well as I have two dogs who are scraggly, scruffy and smelly but happy and I love them to bits just as they are.

 

[CrystaBub]

Sweet thing wasn't raised with water for sure! When I got my Pekin, Abby, she had never been around water either but she also had a really bad case of wet feather - took many many baths to get her looking good. Here's the difference.

The first or second day:

Now - she the one in front on the left

 

[Dees ducks]

Wow - she's lovely and blindingly white - now where did I put my sunglasses!
I have a firm rule in my house that everybody should just be who they are. With one exception, my housemate, sometimes I have to actively encourage him to take a shower and he hasn't got Jemima's excuse of being wary of water!!!

 

[Kkrista123]

I see some happy, happy ducks, congrats new mommy to a couple of toddlers!

 

[CrystaBub]

Wow - she's lovely and blindingly white - now where did I put my sunglasses!
I have a firm rule in my house that everybody should just be who they are. With one exception, my housemate, sometimes I have to actively encourage him to take a shower and he hasn't got Jemima's excuse of being wary of water!!!

 

[Dees ducks]

Well you'll never guess what just happened? I've just popped outside to check on ducks ( new Mummy so checking every couple of hours) and we've had heavy rain here all day. Don't know who is the culprit but they've nibbled away at the corner of their run and made themselves their own mud bath. Jemima is now "back to black" as Amy Winehouse would say.

 

[CrystaBub]

Gosh - duckies sure do love mud! That's so funny!

 

[Dees ducks]

Awwwww - look at her now!
Now where did I put that bath, shampoo and soap..........

 

[CrystaBub]

When Abby had her feather issues, ACV soak did wonders - she came out all clean and shiny

 

[Dees ducks]

thanks for that. If she doesn't mind being grubby then neither do I, anyway, it's been a horrendous day of non stop heavy rain today so everybody and all my garden is looking muddy!