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Hello.
We live in a little town in Victoria Australia.
It all started when we drove into our street and seeing a little wild duckling running as fast as it's little legs would go in front of us. I pulled the car over and Scott, my husband caught it. (he always wanted a duck). Of course it's illegal to keep it but we weren't going to release it to die, the nights were -2c at the time. We put it in a fish tank with a borrowed heat lamp to make do till we knew what we were doing, it was all guess work & alot of YouTube lol.
The first 2 picture are of Duck duck (original I know lol). The one who started it all.
At the time, Tinkerbell was having puppies. All this going on in our bedroom.
We set Duck duck free on Private Property & still see her occasionally. We had to get more!
We got what we thought were Silver Appleyard ducklings. Dingus & Dizzy. They lived in our bedroom till they feathered out. After they went out to the duck pen, Scott visited the people where we got them from & they had heaps of ducklings running around a a brooder. Scott noticed a baby that wasn't moving & it kept getting rolled & trampled by all the others. He picked it up & saw that both feet were screwed up & it couldn't walk. Scott asked if he could have it and they said they were surprised it made it this far, & yes he could. He looked at the little ducking in the palm of his hand & said, "You're coming home with me". & with that it went "QUACK"! Her name is Quackers. Spends her days outside with the other ducks (we check her for food & water regulary), the evenings she spends with the ducklings in their brooder, & the nights, she's in a huge fish tank in the bedroom with a heat lamp if she needs it.
Now I don't know what Dingus was thinking when she got broody in the middle of Winter. (Can get -5 at night). Scott went outside one morning & there's a tiny duckling floundering around behind her. We joined Chickens Backyard because that's where the question led us. We took the duckling inside to keep it warm. I wish I'd thought to check the nest then. The next day we check the nest & there was another fluffed up duckling in there & one dead in the egg, well pipped. If we had gotten to it the day before it might have been a different story. Our babies are Hazel & Peanut. They love Aunty Quackers & are helping her become waterproof.
Have I mentioned we have 5 cats? They stay clear of the ducks lol.
We weren't happy with just ducks though were we? It didn't stop there. I bought some chicken eggs from the local craft shop (people sell their wares on commission there) I put them in the incubator & hatched 7. Then we hatched another 11. Then another 3. Now we are in direct contact with the chicken people & they've given us 5 Araucana eggs.
Up to date we have, Dingus, Dizzy, Quackers, Hazel & Peanut. We've hatched 21 chickens so far. All have names.
We have 13 duck eggs & 5 Araucana eggs in the incubator at the moment.
That's it for now. I'll put updates complete with pictures & videos.
Stay safe & happy!
Gina
We live in a little town in Victoria Australia.
It all started when we drove into our street and seeing a little wild duckling running as fast as it's little legs would go in front of us. I pulled the car over and Scott, my husband caught it. (he always wanted a duck). Of course it's illegal to keep it but we weren't going to release it to die, the nights were -2c at the time. We put it in a fish tank with a borrowed heat lamp to make do till we knew what we were doing, it was all guess work & alot of YouTube lol.
The first 2 picture are of Duck duck (original I know lol). The one who started it all.
At the time, Tinkerbell was having puppies. All this going on in our bedroom.
We set Duck duck free on Private Property & still see her occasionally. We had to get more!
We got what we thought were Silver Appleyard ducklings. Dingus & Dizzy. They lived in our bedroom till they feathered out. After they went out to the duck pen, Scott visited the people where we got them from & they had heaps of ducklings running around a a brooder. Scott noticed a baby that wasn't moving & it kept getting rolled & trampled by all the others. He picked it up & saw that both feet were screwed up & it couldn't walk. Scott asked if he could have it and they said they were surprised it made it this far, & yes he could. He looked at the little ducking in the palm of his hand & said, "You're coming home with me". & with that it went "QUACK"! Her name is Quackers. Spends her days outside with the other ducks (we check her for food & water regulary), the evenings she spends with the ducklings in their brooder, & the nights, she's in a huge fish tank in the bedroom with a heat lamp if she needs it.
Now I don't know what Dingus was thinking when she got broody in the middle of Winter. (Can get -5 at night). Scott went outside one morning & there's a tiny duckling floundering around behind her. We joined Chickens Backyard because that's where the question led us. We took the duckling inside to keep it warm. I wish I'd thought to check the nest then. The next day we check the nest & there was another fluffed up duckling in there & one dead in the egg, well pipped. If we had gotten to it the day before it might have been a different story. Our babies are Hazel & Peanut. They love Aunty Quackers & are helping her become waterproof.
Have I mentioned we have 5 cats? They stay clear of the ducks lol.
We weren't happy with just ducks though were we? It didn't stop there. I bought some chicken eggs from the local craft shop (people sell their wares on commission there) I put them in the incubator & hatched 7. Then we hatched another 11. Then another 3. Now we are in direct contact with the chicken people & they've given us 5 Araucana eggs.
Up to date we have, Dingus, Dizzy, Quackers, Hazel & Peanut. We've hatched 21 chickens so far. All have names.
We have 13 duck eggs & 5 Araucana eggs in the incubator at the moment.
That's it for now. I'll put updates complete with pictures & videos.
Stay safe & happy!
Gina
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