OMG I am so excited !!!!!!

[ProudRedneck]

I need to set up a trail camera or something to watch these kinds of interactions!
At least she knows the egg is there and she's been caring for it.

I have a small solar powered wifi camera mounted in the corner of my run since I don't have power ran out there. Got it off Amazon for $70.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Nice! I'd be glued to the feed 24/7 if I had something like that!

 

[ProudRedneck]

Daffy just laid her second egg at 11:51 am and I recorded the whole thing !!!!!! The video will be up in a moment.

 

[ProudRedneck]

Daffy Flamingo Dancing

Daffy Laying her Second Egg

Daffy's Second Egg in Slow Motion

 

[Canadian Wind]

What a good girl!

Also love that bell toy.

 

[ProudRedneck]

What a good girl!

Also love that bell toy.

Best $9 spent...keeps Daisy entertained and lets him release some of that testosterone pent up. He is ALWAYS using it and at night I can hear the bell in the living room when he really gets going.

Da

 

[ProudRedneck]

Egg #3 - Daffy has laid her eggs pretty much around the same time of day so far and I have learned her behavior right before she lays where she will go back and forth to where she wants to lay for about 30 mins prior. She kept going to the back left of the property, underneath our elephant ears this morning and sure enough, that's where she laid her 3rd egg.

Needless to say I immediately picked it up and put it in the house with the other two, made sure she knew where it was, and kept her in the run briefly to give her a chance to go check on the egg a couple of times before letting her right back out.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did you know Elephant ears are poisonous? I had to get rid of my fox glove because it is poisonous to my birds.

 

[ProudRedneck]

Did you know Elephant ears are poisonous? I had to get rid of my fox glove because it is poisonous to my birds.

Yes, I did discover that in researching months ago but...because I read that ducks have a natural instinct not to eat poisonous plants, I supervised to see if they would attempt to eat them before ripping them out. Believe me when I say, at the beginning of my research I was ready to rip every plant, shrub, weed, and grass out of my yard to make sure that they stayed safe is an understatement LOL. However, I have watched them bite onto a leaf once, shake their head like it was sour, and never have touched them again. Perhaps I am getting lucky so far but I am still planning to rip them out due to plans of building a she-shed in that spot.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Being born and raised in Florida Elephant ears were everywhere. And we had one in our yard growing up my brother and a neighbor's kids tried chewing on a leaf and it burned the inside of their mouths. That was so long ago but I still remember this. I know mine will try to nibble different things out in their fenced property but I didn't want to take any chances when it came to fox glove.