The Quack Shack

[Magnolia Ducks]

Oh no! - Not Bra-Lenny!
Any idea what it was this time?

Coyote. Its been months since I lost anybody. My fault I failed to put them up by 5. I will miss Lenny, he was a pet.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Sorry you lost him, being sick sucks especially when something like this happens.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Integration with the flock is a slow process. Sunday afternoon it was pool time for Chaos and Mayhem, sadly interrupted by Wallgreens the party pooper:

Why is this drake named »Walgreens«?
When he hatched he was so weak, he couldn't even hold his head and i was very worried that he wouldn't make it. I was home alone and nothing to drip drops of vitamin solution into the little bill, so i kept him in my right hand and drove to the nearest pharmacy to ask for a pipette or something similar. A bit hesitant (poulty and stores usually don't mix well!) i went inside and everybody loves the little duckling! The pharmacists handed me over a variety of syringes (without needles!) for free (‼) and after4 just two days of tlc the little duckling not only was able to hold his head, but had also learned to run, eat and drink.
Sadly Walgreens has turned into a TouchMeNot drake, swearing like a pirate when i pick him up. I haven't sown that either…

Oh, that's the one with the webless foot! Seems to have healed well.

 

[Luv Ducks]

So I've been sick and late putting up the birds and Lenny Bruce was eaten.

So sorry to hear this. I hope that you feel better soon. It's so hard to take care of them when we feel ill.

 

[Canadian Wind]

The rains have started. Which probably means all the Autumn pictures I took last week will be it, as the leaves get knocked off the trees.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Coyote. Its been months since I lost anybody. My fault I failed to put them up by 5. I will miss Lenny, he was a pet.

Don't blame yourself, when you're sick you're sick.
Blame that Coyote, blame it with a buttfull of lead!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Oh, that's the one with the webless foot! Seems to have healed well.

Yes Mayhem started his life with a bold jump into my teapot…
I have the impression his webbies are growing back slowly but steadily.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The rains have started. Which probably means all the Autumn pictures I took last week will be it, as the leaves get knocked off the trees.

Maybe below video helps. Yesterday i spend the whole afternoon with the ducks in the veggie garden and after a while everybody got really busy:

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

As said, we spent the last two afternoons in the (neglected) garden to save what can be saved. Yesterday we harvested yet another bin of onions, which i had totally forgotten where i had planted them. And we cleaned up the strawberry patch. Before it looked like this:

We even found a duck's nest with an egg:

And this is how it looked like after we were done:

Unbelievable that the strawberry plants have survived under all those weeds!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Chaos and Hayhem were very busy eating bugs, worms and - i have no clue what, while i was removing the non-strawberry plant material:

You can see Mayhems right foot with the missing webbies clearly at about 40 seconds into the video.