Shaws call duck incubation thread (hatch a wonderful(worthless to Ralphie) dux thread)

[WVduckchick]

I always worry that the Muscovy mamas will peel the skin off our faces if we dare to touch a duckling or check a nest.

Protective mamas!

Here is the one that hatched out 3 bantam chicks. Look at her get mad at my kid! And he was standing back to get the photo.

She is a good mama!!
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the bantam mommas sure can be fierce!

@CayugaJana
I never answered your questions the other day. .
1. Duck and Jane are doing GREAT! They are fitting in nicely now not being picked on or anything. They seem very happy to have more room to run around. They haven't gotten brave enough to really swim with everyone else.. They sit and wait for the opportunity to get in when no-one else is in the pond.
2. Gimpy duck is just gimpy duck. I really really need to find him a home
He gets around pretty good haven't seen him actually lose the use of his leg in a long time. Still has that one joint and leg bigger than the other. I guess it's just going to stay that way
He is psycho. Freaks out any time you come near him. I hate to have to cull him but I'm wondering if he freaks out cause maybe he has some pain still in that leg? It's hard to say for sure.

Glad Duck and Jane are fitting in. I think it’s harder on us sometimes to watch them learn how to fit in, but they eventually get there.
And poor Gimpy. Maybe list him as a special needs duck, someone may want to make a house duck or him, or something like that?

Meet Raleigh & Ling Ling! As expected, they are really young. Their wing feathers aren’t even grown in yet & they still have baby fuzz. I’m guessing 4wks based on what Mako looked like at that age. They’re really skittish too! When we brought Mako home, she wanted to be with us every second. These guys hate me, but they are soooo cute!!! They decided they were gonna spend the night in their pool. ‍I forgot how hard it is to teach ducks to go in the coop.
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We brought home a bunny too. They called her Thumper Girl at the HS... We haven’t renamed her yet.
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So flippin awesome!!!!

 

[Pyxis]

Meet Raleigh & Ling Ling! As expected, they are really young. Their wing feathers aren’t even grown in yet & they still have baby fuzz. I’m guessing 4wks based on what Mako looked like at that age. They’re really skittish too! When we brought Mako home, she wanted to be with us every second. These guys hate me, but they are soooo cute!!! They decided they were gonna spend the night in their pool. ‍I forgot how hard it is to teach ducks to go in the coop.
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We brought home a bunny too. They called her Thumper Girl at the HS... We haven’t renamed her yet.
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Awesome! How does Mako feel about her new friends, or have they not met yet?

 

[room onthebroom]

Room congrats on your new babies!!! And a new bunny to can we see Mako?

Awesome! How does Mako feel about her new friends, or have they not met yet?

This is Mako (rhymes with taco.)
The new ducks are in a very weak quarantine, so she hasn’t hung out with them yet, but they were chatting up a storm yesterday. I told the kids, it must be like living in a foreign land your whole life, picking up bits of the language, then somebody suddenly walks in speaking English.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She is beautiful. So happy for her to have friend who talk her language

 

[room onthebroom]

Thank you! She’s been with the chickens so long she probably thinks she’s a chicken.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

This is Mako (rhymes with taco.)
The new ducks are in a very weak quarantine, so she hasn’t hung out with them yet, but they were chatting up a storm yesterday. I told the kids, it must be like living in a foreign land your whole life, picking up bits of the language, then somebody suddenly walks in speaking English.

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She's beautiful
What breed did you say she was?

 

[room onthebroom]

She's beautiful
What breed did you say she was?

Thanks! She's Blue Swedish.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Thanks! She's Blue Swedish.

I thought that's what you said. . I figured she was blue something. She looks like my blue call duck did.

 

[room onthebroom]

I thought that's what you said. . I figured she was blue something. She looks like my blue call duck did.

I'm always surprised how much Blue Calls look like mini Makos. I'm hoping the new ducks will encourage her to swim & bathe more. Since she went broody, her feathers are looking a little nappy.

 

[WVduckchick]

This is Mako (rhymes with taco.)
The new ducks are in a very weak quarantine, so she hasn’t hung out with them yet, but they were chatting up a storm yesterday. I told the kids, it must be like living in a foreign land your whole life, picking up bits of the language, then somebody suddenly walks in speaking English.

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Outstanding!!

I hoped for some blues to hatch when I hatched my black Swedish but I got all blacks.