The Quack Shack

[Jenbirdee]

hey guess what
today I realized that I have spent so much time with my < now 16 > ducks that I can recognize which duck is quacking by the sound of their quacks

 

[Muscovy Duck Chronicles]

So a friend of mine on a farm wanted me to help hatch muscovy eggs since I have been documenting the group by my apartment and have learned a metric ton about them. He was given 5 eggs all laid by the same hen (supposedly anyway) on another free range farm. The starting weights were 92G, 84G, 86G, 86G, and 86G. The 92 stands out. What does this mean? Can a newly laid muscovy egg be that heavy? The farm its from does allow different animals to mingle.

 

[Jenbirdee]

So a friend of mine on a farm wanted me to help hatch muscovy eggs since I have been documenting the group by my apartment and have learned a metric ton about them. He was given 5 eggs all laid by the same hen (supposedly anyway) on another free range farm. The starting weights were 92G, 84G, 86G, 86G, and 86G. The 92 stands out. What does this mean? Can a newly laid muscovy egg be that heavy? The farm its from does allow different animals to mingle.

I don’t have any muskies, but I have a lot of other breeds of ducks and every now and then I get a random egg that’s way huger than they normally lay and I don’t have any other animals mingling with them that are male

 

[Jenbirdee]

i have finally separated my 3 chicken hens from my duck flock after one of them murdered the baby crow that was visiting because he thought my black ducks were his flock. ugh. now the neighborhood crows who left their baby ( crownager) back behind my duck area are mourning and so am I. baby crow ( i named him Snickers) was so cute.
it’s a relief though to have the chickens separate because i was stressed over worrying about them shredding up another duck prolapse. ( buttercup died that way)
it’s working out splendidly - i added 2 feet of fencing (made it higher) so they can’t fly over to get to the ducks.
Ducks are super happy now
but i worked 3 years to get neighborhood crows to trust me, and now they are mia.
wait- did i already tell this story?

 

[Canadian Wind]

i have finally separated my 3 chicken hens from my duck flock after one of them murdered the baby crow that was visiting because he thought my black ducks were his flock. ugh. now the neighborhood crows who left their baby ( crownager) back behind my duck area are mourning and so am I. baby crow ( i named him Snickers) was so cute.
it’s a relief though to have the chickens separate because i was stressed over worrying about them shredding up another duck prolapse. ( buttercup died that way)
it’s working out splendidly - i added 2 feet of fencing (made it higher) so they can’t fly over to get to the ducks.
Ducks are super happy now
but i worked 3 years to get neighborhood crows to trust me, and now they are mia.
wait- did i already tell this story?

Poor little crow!

 

[Jenbirdee]

Poor little crow!

i know right?! he had hopped over the fence and was following my black ducks around so i was looking for something to catch, scoop him up with and place him outside the fence when a chicken came speeding out of nowhere and attacked! i’ve been very sad about it

 

[Jenbirdee]

good news about medications though- my doctor gave me a prescription for meloxicam for arthritis pain- so now I’ll have it on hand whenever I need it, (for the birds) still working on the one for anti fungal meds though - for Poppy-

 

[Canadian Wind]

I have an x-ray booked next week to find out what the heck is going on with my right foot. Been aching for at least a year but since Spring it's been doing weird stuff, like snapping on the inside and shooting pain up my ankle! Today, I was just going outside and it hit hard. Been limping all day. Hopefully they find something.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I have an x-ray booked next week to find out what the heck is going on with my right foot. Been aching for at least a year but since Spring it's been doing weird stuff, like snapping on the inside and shooting pain up my ankle! Today, I was just going outside and it hit hard. Been limping all day. Hopefully they find something.

i hope so too - said a prayer for you.

 

[Supercow]

I have an x-ray booked next week to find out what the heck is going on with my right foot. Been aching for at least a year but since Spring it's been doing weird stuff, like snapping on the inside and shooting pain up my ankle! Today, I was just going outside and it hit hard. Been limping all day. Hopefully they find something.

Burning pain in the middle of the side of the foot, shooting upwards?