So, I re-homed my Ancona drake. He was just too enthusiastic for my small flock & everyone was paying the price.
I found a great BYCer to take him into her large Ancona flock & he looked so happy yesterday with all of those other ducks to quack at.
I brought home a Buff duck, who is SO different from my Anconas. I keep looking into the duck yard & it feels like there is an alien in the pen. She has been laying, and I hope she shows my girls how, they are taking forever to start.
Here she is with the gals:
She is a lot more laid back than the Anconas - unless she is just still scared to death.
She seems much "duckier" than my stocky necked Anconas.
I hope she doesn't mind the change of scenery too much. She was on a beautiful 6th generation dairy farm on the coast. Becoming a garden duck may seem a bit of a demotion. She enjoyed the fallen apples under the tree & swimming in the yard puddle, though.
The only question now is what to call her...
I found a great BYCer to take him into her large Ancona flock & he looked so happy yesterday with all of those other ducks to quack at.
I brought home a Buff duck, who is SO different from my Anconas. I keep looking into the duck yard & it feels like there is an alien in the pen. She has been laying, and I hope she shows my girls how, they are taking forever to start.
Here she is with the gals:
She is a lot more laid back than the Anconas - unless she is just still scared to death.
She seems much "duckier" than my stocky necked Anconas.
I hope she doesn't mind the change of scenery too much. She was on a beautiful 6th generation dairy farm on the coast. Becoming a garden duck may seem a bit of a demotion. She enjoyed the fallen apples under the tree & swimming in the yard puddle, though.
The only question now is what to call her...
