The Old Folks Home

[Arielle]

When I was a young lad we were overrun with pekin ducks that would not stop breeding.

When the drakes grew up they started raping chickens. They did not physically harm them with their cork screw but they did end up in therapy for months.

We ended up culling a lot of drakes but once they got a taste for chicken, they had a hard time giving it up.

Yummy-- duck has always been my favorite. Good end to extras boys.

 

[ronott1]

Yummy-- duck has always been my favorite. Good end to extras boys.

My Middle daughter wants to make a Duck recipe from the Game of Thrones cookbook.

I guess I need to hatch some Ducks....How long before Duck Dinner?

 

[wolftracks]

Yummy-- duck has always been my favorite. Good end to extras boys.

Me too!

Funny store for you. My oldest kids love duck. Dakotah is a picky sucker. So when I was first going out with my husband I was talking to my oldest daughter on the phone and she asked what I was making for dinner. I said hot dogs! The kids wanted them and I wasn't going to eat, so hotdog night. A couple hours later I'm in my kitchen and there's a knock on the door. I usually have always lived in a house, but this was a short stay in a condo, so security gates and doors, but there stands my oldest and her 4 little ones ( now has a total of 7 and the youngest of this first 4 is in high school now.) I lived out in the Bay Area and she lived here in Modesto. She drove in commuter traffic and had to have left when we hung up to get there that fast. I asked her what she was doing there and she says "MOM! You're making duck and thought I wasn't gonna show up??" I just looked at her and started laughing. I asked her how she got DUCK out of HOT DOG! She looked like she was going to cry. LOL She walked in and even opened the oven and then noticed all the things I was getting ready for hot dogs. She says "OMG! I've been craving your duck and when we hing up I put every penny I could find into the gas tank, practically dipped the kids in the tub to get them ready and got here as fast as I could." She sounded so pathetic. LOL About that time my husband calls and asks if I want to go out that night and I tell him my daughter and grand kids are there and the whole story. He cracked up and asked how she got duck from hot dogs and I told him I asked the same thing. So he said he'd come by and have dinner with us and to wait to throw the dogs on. It was only a couple of blocks from me, so I gave up after 20 minutes and put hot dogs on for the kids who were starving and didn't care anymore about duck. As soon as we had little ones down eating, in walks Bill with 4 ducks! I asked him why so many and he said with extra people, he thought I might need them. We ended up roasting all 4 ducks and when she went home, Olivia took 2. Bill didn't even try it! Went straight for hot dogs. Dakotah so took after his stepdad! To this day when I talk to her and we get on the subject of what's for dinner, I still sometimes say "NOT DUCK!"

 

[ozexpat]

my duck sausages I made in the Philippines last week thanks to our three adult muscovies were delish

 

[Arielle]

Quote: THis year I hatched two out of too many eggs!!

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my duck sausages I made in the Philippines last week thanks to our three adult muscovies were delish

 

[BunnyMomma]

I wanted to share this story with you all. I raise several breeds of chickens, and most of my birds have roomy coops and runs with plenty of grass to range in during the day. Some of my specialty bantams I keep in my barn in fairly large hanging pens. I only have a pair or a trio in the hanging pens, but I believe boredom can become an issue. Some of the birds in the hanging cages began eating their eggs, so I spent the last few months trying to solve that problem. I finally had successfully stopped all of them except one pen, from eating the eggs!

To stop the problem, I attached a small narrow plastic basket next to the feeder and every day I place fresh green clover leaves and flowers. I also feed them a small amount of sweet feed (for horses). I started feeding them vegetables and fruits that are growing in my garden and orchard as well. I added nice roomy storage baskets, for nesting boxes, with plenty of hay. I also started hanging an apple from the top of the pen, for them to peck at. They really like the apple tether toy! Additionally I added ceramic nest eggs to each nest box as well as a golf ball. At first I used golf balls, but they knew the difference between the golf ball and the egg. The ceramic egg really helped.

Now for the icing on the cake. In one pen, (the ones that still were eating their eggs) I have a "project" group and there is one hen with 2 roosters. Yesterday, when I went out to feed them and pick up eggs, one of the roosters was sitting on the egg in the nest box and protecting it from the hen! He is really sweet and he lifted up for me to pick up the egg he was taking care of. l could not believe my eyes! So, now I have been able to get eggs from all of my project pens! I am especially tickled to be able to get them from the pen where "Happy Feet" is being the protective dad. Here is a photo of him! He is really small about 3/4 lb.

 

[ozexpat]

I wanted to share this story with you all. I raise several breeds of chickens, and most of my birds have roomy coops and runs with plenty of grass to range in during the day. Some of my specialty bantams I keep in my barn in fairly large hanging pens. I only have a pair or a trio in the hanging pens, but I believe boredom can become an issue. Some of the birds in the hanging cages began eating their eggs, so I spent the last few months trying to solve that problem. I finally had successfully stopped all of them except one pen, from eating the eggs!

To stop the problem, I attached a small narrow plastic basket next to the feeder and every day I place fresh green clover leaves and flowers. I also feed them a small amount of sweet feed (for horses). I started feeding them vegetables and fruits that are growing in my garden and orchard as well. I added nice roomy storage baskets, for nesting boxes, with plenty of hay. I also started hanging an apple from the top of the pen, for them to peck at. They really like the apple tether toy! Additionally I added ceramic nest eggs to each nest box as well as a golf ball. At first I used golf balls, but they knew the difference between the golf ball and the egg. The ceramic egg really helped.

Now for the icing on the cake. In one pen, (the ones that still were eating their eggs) I have a "project" group and there is one hen with 2 roosters. Yesterday, when I went out to feed them and pick up eggs, one of the roosters was sitting on the egg in the nest box and protecting it from the hen! He is really sweet and he lifted up for me to pick up the egg he was taking care of. l could not believe my eyes! So, now I have been able to get eggs from all of my project pens! I am especially tickled to be able to get them from the pen where "Happy Feet" is being the protective dad. Here is a photo of him! He is really small about 3/4 lb.

great story

i have a roo that is not interested in mating and now appears to have "gone broody". he has not got off eggs for 2 days

 

[drumstick diva]

really enjoyed the hot dog- duck story. I think our ears hear what they want to hear. Has happened to me a few times it's funny how many times I think people say "ice cream." Must be the voices in my head.

 

[chickadoodles]

I wanted to share this story with you all. I raise several breeds of chickens, and most of my birds have roomy coops and runs with plenty of grass to range in during the day. Some of my specialty bantams I keep in my barn in fairly large hanging pens. I only have a pair or a trio in the hanging pens, but I believe boredom can become an issue. Some of the birds in the hanging cages began eating their eggs, so I spent the last few months trying to solve that problem. I finally had successfully stopped all of them except one pen, from eating the eggs!

To stop the problem, I attached a small narrow plastic basket next to the feeder and every day I place fresh green clover leaves and flowers. I also feed them a small amount of sweet feed (for horses). I started feeding them vegetables and fruits that are growing in my garden and orchard as well. I added nice roomy storage baskets, for nesting boxes, with plenty of hay. I also started hanging an apple from the top of the pen, for them to peck at. They really like the apple tether toy! Additionally I added ceramic nest eggs to each nest box as well as a golf ball. At first I used golf balls, but they knew the difference between the golf ball and the egg. The ceramic egg really helped.

Now for the icing on the cake. In one pen, (the ones that still were eating their eggs) I have a "project" group and there is one hen with 2 roosters. Yesterday, when I went out to feed them and pick up eggs, one of the roosters was sitting on the egg in the nest box and protecting it from the hen! He is really sweet and he lifted up for me to pick up the egg he was taking care of. l could not believe my eyes! So, now I have been able to get eggs from all of my project pens! I am especially tickled to be able to get them from the pen where "Happy Feet" is being the protective dad. Here is a photo of him! He is really small about 3/4 lb.

I enjoyed your story, and love your little roo! He is so cute!

 

[LFchixranch]

great story

i have a roo that is not interested in mating and now appears to have "gone broody". he has not got off eggs for 2 days

That BBC Doc link I posted has a piece in it stating that if a hen has damage to an ovary it will become more of a rooster, but unable to mate.