The Quack Shack

[Canadian Wind]

You know a lot about survival!

I always wanted to try out Comfrey! - Did you grow it from seeds?

Not as much as I'd like to, but plants are my area of expertise.

Yes, comfrey can be grown from seed. Warning though, it will not *stop* growing!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I'm too tired to grab the phone and upload a picture, but the little duckling eats and drinks just five hours after hatching. Hopefully that is a good sign.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I always wanted to try out Comfrey! - Did you grow it from seeds?

Yes I bought seeds and have 1 plant that was given to me years ago by a friend.

 

[Luv Ducks]

So sorry to hear this!
First thing to fix is how the predator, and i agree with you that has raccoon written all over it, was able to get to them. It will be bad for another meal soon.
If you can afford, get one of these "have no heart" traps with a trap door, so you can decide what to do with whatever you catch. For raccoons i use my air-rifle, any duck would get a spanking on the fluffy-butt.
All other traps could be a danger your ducks too...

I bought a brand new trap and caught one last night. I have my two other old ones set now and my new one so hopefully if there are more I will catch them. It was not a huge one but a vicious one and it is gone now. Hopefully if there are anymore I will be able to get them. The big ducks were all just fine so I was Blessed by that.

 

[Luv Ducks]

I guess they have their quirks Mine aren't crazy about peas.

Mine won't touch peas either and some of them have that as their favorite treat. Mine's favorite treat is iceberg lettuce. They go crazy for that or zucchini and the Muscovy like tomatoes too.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Mine won't touch peas either and some of them have that as their favorite treat. Mine's favorite treat is iceberg lettuce. They go crazy for that or zucchini and the Muscovy like tomatoes too.

My ducks wouldn't touch any corn, cracked or whole...
Until they realized last year that this was the favorite of the mallards. Now they fight with each other, an of course the mallards over a single corn.
Mr Peaduck's new favorite is scratch grain, guess...

 

[Luv Ducks]

I had to call the store that I bought my Runner Ducklings from three weeks ago that I lost a couple of nights ago to see if they had any ducks. Of course they just got a shipment in yesterday, Runner Ducklings. My car automatically went straight for the store just like it was in remote control after work!!!! I knew it would ease my heart from my loss of my other two babies. I got two, just about like my last two only the one looks more like a Mallard and the other one was a Rouen. They are very feisty and seem to be doing well. I was concerned because the first one I picked out got sick in the clerks hand so she said she was going to put in the back of the store in the hospital which was probably a culling place. Hopefully these two stay healthy but so far so good. They are soooooo stinking cute and this time they will be in the house until they are much bigger and then put in a different part of the pen that will be totally predator proof. Never having anything gotten into the pen in three years I was too trusting to put them out here. I had done it many times before and nothing had ever happened. The one coon is gone as I caught it in a trap last night and will keep trapping until I quit catching any.

 

[Luv Ducks]

My ducks wouldn't touch any corn, cracked or whole...
Until they realized last year that this was the favorite of the mallards. Now they fight with each other, an of course the mallards over a single corn.
Mr Peaduck's new favorite is scratch grain, guess...

Have you ever had a Mallard Runner Duck? I am sure the tiny one I bought last night is a Mallard and not a Rouen. I just wondered how big they get.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Little Ducky is doing really good, it has learned to eat, drink and … poop
It has also learned to peep really loud, walk and jump. It jumped right into my cup of hot tea this morning. Its right foot now looks reddish, like a light sunburn. Will apply antibiotic cream with pain killer if that foot still looks red when the baby wakes up.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I had to call the store that I bought my Runner Ducklings from three weeks ago that I lost a couple of nights ago to see if they had any ducks. Of course they just got a shipment in yesterday, Runner Ducklings. My car automatically went straight for the store just like it was in remote control after work!!!! I knew it would ease my heart from my loss of my other two babies. I got two, just about like my last two only the one looks more like a Mallard and the other one was a Rouen. They are very feisty and seem to be doing well. I was concerned because the first one I picked out got sick in the clerks hand so she said she was going to put in the back of the store in the hospital which was probably a culling place. Hopefully these two stay healthy but so far so good. They are soooooo stinking cute and this time they will be in the house until they are much bigger and then put in a different part of the pen that will be totally predator proof. Never having anything gotten into the pen in three years I was too trusting to put them out here. I had done it many times before and nothing had ever happened. The one coon is gone as I caught it in a trap last night and will keep trapping until I quit catching any.

Careful that you won't keep the little ones long enough in the house to become really stinky...
The incubator gang still insists in spending the night in my living room.
This morning they broke out of their make-shift pen and prepared a nice breakfast for me!
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No, they didn't... They walked to my bedroom door and knocked to wake me up.
And they pooped on the floor all along the way...