Morning All,
Well I broke down and bought and dog house yesterday for the ducks-did I mention that already?! The bottom of their house kept getting soaked and I couldn't figure out why. Tried fixing it yesterday and the bottom of the legs were just so ruined that anything I added to the bottom for flooring would have fallen off if I ever tried to move it. So I bought them a Petmate "Petbarn" it's called. Had to figure out how to put a door on it, not happy with the door but it'll have to do until I can come up with something more durable. Anyway, I went to corral the ducks and get them in it last night and my blue runner took off up the woods. It's a pretty steep ledge so I'm surprised she even flapped her way up there. I sure as heck wasn't getting up there in the pitch dark! After waiting till about 10pm for her to come down I finally went to bed. Didn't hear her quacking or rustling about out there so I figured she had found a spot to hide and go to sleep. I even the run the Orp coop/pen open so she could bunker down under their coop which is right in front of the duck house. Midnight I wake up when my husband gets home from work and hear her quacking in the front yard thru my bedroom window! Sent my husband out there with the flashlight to scoot around back and woke up to her this morning sleeping under the Orp Coop! (Phew) she's now resting in the backyard after the all-night we she pulled last night. Oh and because she was out of the coop this morning, I now know that SHE is the blue egg layer of the three female ducks. Two white ones were waiting for me in the duck coop this morning.
I'm shipping out my first batch of eggs today as a "test batch" to see how well I pack them and how well they hatch. Fingers crossed!
Well I broke down and bought and dog house yesterday for the ducks-did I mention that already?! The bottom of their house kept getting soaked and I couldn't figure out why. Tried fixing it yesterday and the bottom of the legs were just so ruined that anything I added to the bottom for flooring would have fallen off if I ever tried to move it. So I bought them a Petmate "Petbarn" it's called. Had to figure out how to put a door on it, not happy with the door but it'll have to do until I can come up with something more durable. Anyway, I went to corral the ducks and get them in it last night and my blue runner took off up the woods. It's a pretty steep ledge so I'm surprised she even flapped her way up there. I sure as heck wasn't getting up there in the pitch dark! After waiting till about 10pm for her to come down I finally went to bed. Didn't hear her quacking or rustling about out there so I figured she had found a spot to hide and go to sleep. I even the run the Orp coop/pen open so she could bunker down under their coop which is right in front of the duck house. Midnight I wake up when my husband gets home from work and hear her quacking in the front yard thru my bedroom window! Sent my husband out there with the flashlight to scoot around back and woke up to her this morning sleeping under the Orp Coop! (Phew) she's now resting in the backyard after the all-night we she pulled last night. Oh and because she was out of the coop this morning, I now know that SHE is the blue egg layer of the three female ducks. Two white ones were waiting for me in the duck coop this morning.
I'm shipping out my first batch of eggs today as a "test batch" to see how well I pack them and how well they hatch. Fingers crossed!
Still it's been a long visit and I'm ready to come home. Hopefully the weather will turn.
