The Duck Thread

[DuckingCrazy]

This was last fall. My daughter would bear crawl to sneak up on them (or attempt to at least). They were so small! Now we have 2 beautiful Welshie girls laying eggs like crazy.

 

[Tevyes Dad]

My ducklings do this also (2 weeks old). It's a little unnerving to walk in and they are like this. Mine quite often will put their head on the ground, they look dead! Scares me to death!! Then when I speak they pop up! Like they are saying "WHAT!?" LOL

My wife calls this "road kill mode": foot/feet out, neck twisted at impossible angle, head on the ground and if they are REAL good tongue hanging out.

 

[Tevyes Dad]

Do you put that in the water?

If you use brewer's yeast, you sprinkle it on the food.

 

[Ren2014]

Bugs and her 13 babies. 4 girls and 9 boys

. 8 wks old now

 

[MandyJ]

My wife calls this "road kill mode": foot/feet out, neck twisted at impossible angle, head on the ground and if they are REAL good tongue hanging out.

Oh wow! I haven't seen the tongue hanging out! That would freak me out!

 

[caesargirl]

Bugs and her 13 babies. 4 girls and 9 boys . 8 wks old now

 

[Debs Flock]

Bugs and her 13 babies. 4 girls and 9 boys

. 8 wks old now

Beautiful group! It's remarkable how fast they grow up!

 

[jtn42248]

I went to Wal mart but couldn't find any Brewers yeast in powder form, only in tablets. Farm n Fleet didn't have it either. I read that frozen peas are a great form of niacin so I got some of those. I cut the peas in half because I figured it might be easier for them. They LOVED them. I'll keep searching for some powdered Brewers yeast though

If there is a GNC (General Nutrition Center) near you they have it. That is where I used to get mine. Then I found the pills for dogs at WalMart. They have the same amount of nutritional Niacin. I just ground them up and sprinkled it on the ducks feed.

 

[NathanZee]

Bugs and her 13 babies. 4 girls and 9 boys

. 8 wks old now

What a lovely family! Which ones are the parents? And what are you going to do with all those drakes???

 

[Miss Lydia]

Bugs and her 13 babies. 4 girls and 9 boys

. 8 wks old now

They are gorgeous!!