So I totally lied when I said I would make a new threat for updates on Ping.
First of all he's doing really well where he's at. He mostly hangs out with Yin and Yang and ignores the pekins all together. Sometimes he just wanders around on his own. He still does not make a sound. At the end of the video, you'll see him open his beak a couple times like he's talking, but nothing comes out. He CAN hear after all, if the noise is loud enough. I beeped my car horn in his face and his head crest went straight up like "WHAT WAS THAT!" Still has those baby blue eyes, I'm SUPER glad he got them. He free ranges, and even though The Trio doesn't come in at night I'm not particularly scared for them as they stay near the barn and the dogs nothing else will mess with. Smart kids!
We're not so sure Ping is a 'he' anymore though. We haven't actually caught him at laying any eggs, but as Yin and Yang are both males and we only have 3 female pekins, and we sometimes get 4 eggs... and 1 of them is smaller... We have our doubts. If anyone can say one way or another by the pictures/video, please let me know!
I also don't know what size muscovy ducks are supposed to be, but he seems pretty normal now. He ended up being almost entirely white, with just that black blaze on his head- which, if you are up close to him you can see is actually barred black and brown somehow. His bill is, unfortunately, sunburned to a nice bright red and there's nothing we've been able to do about it because he refuses the barn life. The white stripe across his bill is actually scar tissue from ducklinghood- when he had all the disgusting brown membrane goo stuck to him from hatching, some of it... melted part of his bill for lack of a better way to phrase it. When I went to wipe it off his face, part of his bill came with it, and evidently scarred over and won't burn now. Who knew?
Anyway, we all know you're here for pictures, so here ya go!
Here he is by hisself, wandering around in front of the barn.
Here he is with Yin and Yang under their favorite pine!
A good pic to see how big he is... hard to imagine this guy used to fit in the palm of my hand with room to spare!
And finally, a nice head shot of him on my lap (excuse my dust, I took a dust bath with my peachicks earlier)
And since I promised a video, here is Ping chilling with Yin and Yang under the pine. He doesn't really like peas that much, but you can see that Yin and Yang are clearly hogs as they assume any time I come over and kneel down I must have peas for them to eat.
Enjoy! Ping asked me to thank everyone here that offered help and suggestions along the way, so thank you from both of us! <3
