The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

This is what it looked like last evening It's amazing to be so far away and having this.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Greetings. Time for bed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Greetings. Time for bed.

Are you working over night again?

 

[Supercow]

How much time does normally pass between ducks starting to simulate drakes and first eggs appearing? Thanks.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Are you working over night again?

No, just had to get up early to get my grandson on the bus today. And I was dumb and didn't go to bed until really late.

That being said, I still haven't gone back to bed. Had to feed all the critters.

Dainty hatched out NINE little flooffers! She's being a good mom too, fierce and protective, but she allows me near.

 

[Canadian Wind]

How much time does normally pass between ducks starting to simulate drakes and first eggs appearing? Thanks.

How old are they again? I've yet to have a duck that laid the year they hatched but I may just be an exception.

 

[Supercow]

How old are they again? I've yet to have a duck that laid the year they hatched but I may just be an exception.

In a week it will be 5 months.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

And they got her a friend!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/styl...hofman/?dicbo=v2-Offj0lp&hpt=ob_blogfooterold

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

We're so hot, we're burning up! And the only remedy is MORE COW BELL!

Either that, or the Canada Geese are behind it.

Canada, the land of the extremes: The weather can be lousy cold but the people are hot!

Let's blame the Geese: Peace was never an option…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Junior is now eating A LOT of peas (sprinkled with yeast and finely ground eggshells) - around 250-300 g of cooked peas daily. Also some corn and vitaminized rice. Still doesn't really give a duck about layer crumble (pellets not currently available sadly).

She has also started to drink a visible quantity of vitamin-infused water and cooled down a bit on lettuce (must have been a drinking substitute which makes sense).

Her large wing feathers are starting to grow the fine brown feathery part and progress is visible daily. At least one eye is already visibly better from the antibiotic. Her legs seem noticeably stronger (when she tries to escape when we're administering the medication .

All in all we're making progress.

In general duck news, we've had rain - again - and slugs are being hunted down in industrial quantities. Happy ducks all over the place.

Well, eating a large amount of lettuce instead of drinking water surely explains the green sausages. - Glad to hear that she is making progress!

Your ducks aren't going crazy about slugs?
Maybe the duckies ate too many of them and crave another taste?
If a duck here acquires a large slug or snail she must have mastered the art of »eating while every female in the flock is running after you«. They go so crazy for slugs, that i have researched if i can produce extra ones. - Not very easy and efficient…

What about some new Junior pictures?