Sell Me On A Duck Breed

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It is my little saxony girl. Right now she is under the heat plate. Bless that baby’s little duckie heart.

Even though it was chilly out I just had to take a peek in the truck.
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She is coming in and out from under the heat plate. She likes the heat. But being under the plate kind of keeps her still as well View attachment 2070878

Now i have a severe attack of duckling fever! - And i forgot the jar with the duck-poop outside and it is raining cats'n dogs here..
First picture: The second duckling from the right is the White Layer. She has that "i dream of my next meal" look in her eyes.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

That’s a phone?

I would have never guessed that. I thought it was an alarm clock.

My son thought a rotary dial is something used for elections…

 

[duluthralphie]

I remember when we got our first rotary dial and didn’t have to ring the operator anymore. We thought we had hit the big time then.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I remember when we got our first rotary dial and didn’t have to ring the operator anymore. We thought we had hit the big time then.

I hated when the German Postal Service changed our first telephone number from three to five digits. those were the times…

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Mimi13 how the duckling?

 

[Mimi13]

How are your babies doing?

Well you can tell from my extended absence that I’ve been sitting and just staring at them. They are PRECIOUS!

I think I’ve figured out who everyone is.

• Twinkle, my Saxony, is my puny little one.
• Petey, my White Hybrid, is a food hog.
• Quinny is my Welsh Harlequin and she is a water hog.
• Peaches, the Buff; Hershey, the Chocolate Runner; and Latte, the Fawn & White Runner will all earn identities soon.

I will upload some videos later this evening.

I sent Metzer an email just to let them know I had a puny one on arrival. She called me within an hour. Told me to boil an egg and give the yolk to them for added protein. She told me to let her know if it doesn’t make it. Those words aren’t not spoken here.

Here is Peaches, the Buff (I think), snoozing out from under the heat plate. Ducklings are certainly much hardier than chicks.

This picture shows the water hog, Quinny, going round and round the waterer. She literally will NOT stay out of the water

Here they’re all eating the egg yolk.

Just another shot. There’s no such thing as too many, right?

Watching them eat is so funny. They are like tiny vibrators. And when they’re dabbling in the water you can hear them chattering.

So far I love it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

The little Welsh doing better?

 

[Mimi13]

Well, i'm sure you're condemned to work in your home-office, so nobody would see…

My ducks would know. They don’t want a sot for a momma!

 

[Mimi13]

Da neighbors brought me a bottle of the finest shine! It burns! Only possible to drink "on the rocks" and it will reliably kill bacteria and viruses. Guess why WV is last in the continental USA with confirmed infections…

This is true, no doubt!

 

[Mimi13]

Many young folks would not identify that as a telephone any more…

I’ll bet they’ve never seen one. I didn’t think about that.