The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

[Mrs.H]

Mine aren't broody... but they are laying fertile eggs! I can't hatch them though, because the cold is expanding them and cracking them. Oh well. 

Hopefully you'll have some luck this spring

 

[Miss Lydia]

Still having to herd mine out the door in the morning to eat!!! Lol hopefully tomorrow we are back to normal (whatever that may be?????)

Suppose to be more normal this week thank goodness. Mine may even get pool water by mid week if the spring thaws

 

[Mrs.H]

Suppose to be more normal this week thank goodness. Mine may even get pool water by mid week if the spring thaws

I got out their small pool that's easier to dump until the cold away. Now it's just rain which my ducks love, me not so much. Can't wait for spring and a dry run. It's been nothing but Mudd this winter. Def going to be doing pea gravel by next winter in the pool area!

 

[PoultryBird12]

Hopefully you'll have some luck this spring

Yeah. Thanks!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yeah. Thanks!

I love your avatar

 

[Miss Lydia]

I got out their small pool that's easier to dump until the cold away. Now it's just rain which my ducks love, me not so much. Can't wait for spring and a dry run. It's been nothing but Mudd this winter. Def going to be doing pea gravel by next winter in the pool area!

Mine are just standing in the rain, I won't tell them not too far away ducks are playing in their pool lol

 

[Mrs.H]

Mine are just standing in the rain, I won't tell them not too far away ducks are playing in their pool lol

LOL!!!! Mine are playing in the mudd and not cleaning up in their pool!!!! They are lucky it's not warm or Id be hosing them off!

 

[Miss Lydia]

LOL!!!! Mine are playing in the mudd and not cleaning up in their pool!!!! They are lucky it's not warm or Id be hosing them off!

It is so slick with mud here I walked up on the hill and slid down on my butt, need less to say I was covered in mud wet slimy mud too. yuck. Mud is so much fun to play in if your water fowl not so much if your human. Hose would have been a good idea for me.

 

[Mrs.H]

It is so slick with mud here I walked up on the hill and slid down on my butt, need less to say I was covered in mud wet slimy mud too. yuck. Mud is so much fun to play in if your water fowl not so much if your human. Hose would have been a good idea for me.

Oh no! Lol

 

[Mrs.H]

I noticed on one of the older females (rouen, not on my any of the babies)that there's like white spots on her head??? Either tips of feathers or maybe just missing feathers?? I'm assuming from mating maybe? It's my main girl the one my main drake likes to mate, I've only really seen one drake n one female who actually mate and/or interested in mating. I can try to get pic but my 2 older females are so skittish. But I have not really witnessed much mating activity so I don't think she's getting overly mated if that's what it's from, maybe drake just getting too rough?
And other than that all seems normal, eating etc