Poultry Show- win PRIZES!

[SchmidtChicks]

Dove liquid soap.(Gentle on feathers)

Thankfully this incident was a few (2-3) months ago- he's all clean and happy now, but we definitely hid the car oil after we realised he had no concept of whats not safe to eat

 

[SchmidtChicks]

He's pretty cute & not mean is a bonus...hopefully he doesn't find the car oil again...he must have been a mess...

Definitely! We wish one of them was pattable, but they have 8 eggs expected to hatch in 21 days (so maybe one of those will be )
And yes- we've hidden it now he was covered in spots, even his pure white Wife was too! Think they wanted to look alike for once!

 

[featherhead007]

Thankfully this incident was a few (2-3) months ago- he's all clean and happy now, but we definitely hid the car oil after we realised he had no concept of whats not safe to eat

Oil does nothing for a ducks feets. Just saying!

 

[drstratton]

Definitely! We wish one of them was pattable, but they have 8 eggs expected to hatch in 21 days (so maybe one of those will be )
And yes- we've hidden it now he was covered in spots, even his pure white Wife was too! Think they wanted to look alike for once!

I hope you get a good hatch, but it will take a lot of effort on your part to get the babies comfortable with being petted. My experience with chickens...not ducks , has shown that even though the mama was raised by me & is friendly towards me the chances of the babies being the same are slim. When mama is raising them they don't get the same amount of handling from you and if your pair are already standoffish...well, you get my drift. I will still hope that you get some friendly ducklings!

 

[SchmidtChicks]

I hope you get a good hatch, but it will take a lot of effort on your part to get the babies comfortable with being petted. My experience with chickens...not ducks , has shown that even though the mama was raised by me & is friendly towards me the chances of the babies being the same are slim. When mama is raising them they don't get the same amount of handling from you and if your pair are already standoffish...well, you get my drift. I will still hope that you get some friendly ducklings!

Our goal, because mum is more flighty then dad, is to remove the ducklings once all hatch and raise in a brooder - (same with 5 chook eggs we have set under "Lola" as shes bottom of the pecking order and no chick proof enclosure)

This is purely because their pen isnt 'duckling proof' and they would definitely fear / avoid us with mum as their teacher. She will run as fast as she can to avoid us, can't be caught unless cornered not even with food!

 

[drstratton]

Our goal, because mum is more flighty then dad, is to remove the ducklings once all hatch and raise in a brooder - (same with 5 chook eggs we have set under "Lola" as shes bottom of the pecking order and no chick proof enclosure)

This is purely because their pen isnt 'duckling proof' and they would definitely fear / avoid us with mum as their teacher. She will run as fast as she can to avoid us, can't be caught unless cornered not even with food!

Do you have a thread? I would love to follow your journey and see those babies when they hatch out!

 

[SchmidtChicks]

Do you have a thread? I would love to follow your journey and see those babies when they hatch out!

I certainly do

Adventures in Duck Hatching~

 

[drstratton]

I certainly do

Adventures in Duck Hatching~

Awesome I will bookmark it and check it out tomorrow...I need to head to bed before I turn into a pumpkin...lol Enjoy the rest of your day!

 

[SulkyBantam]

I will dig through pics soon!
I assume large chicken just means non bantam?

Yep exactly.

 

[SulkyBantam]

Am I allowed to enter another chicken?

Yes, please go for it!