The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

Good morning Chris!! How’s it going in Florida today and when are we going to get a birds eye view of your new birds? The ones in your Avatar. Plus we haven’t seen any new pics of all the ducklings lately!

 

[rjohns39]

I have wilds all over my place. Biggest problem I have is with the wild girls. Every spring they try to get my Toms to follow them back into the woods. Oh, and watching a turkey fly is just amazing, the only thing I've seen more impressive was when four of my young Toms took flight at the same time.

ETA: Did anyone mention that many of us are called enablers?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I love seeing the wilds here once a hen came to visit at the fence she seemed to be looking at my Muscovy drake. Having actual Toms I probably wouldn’t have any left they would probably run off with the wild girls. I had a turkey fly right across the road in front of me once how I missed hitting her is beyond me but boy am I glad I did. Can big Toms once adults fly?

 

[Trimurtisan]

Ughh, it's about anything but comfortable right now. We had a big storm yesterday that flooded the shack, so all 17 ducklings stayed in the living room last night. I'll just put it this way, nobody slept in this morning. Between those guys and A'pollo crowing, also in the living room oh, it was quite the spectacle.

Good morning Chris!! How’s it going in Florida today and when are we going to get a birds eye view of your new birds? The ones in your Avatar. Plus we haven’t seen any new pics of all the ducklings lately!

Right about now!

Miss "Pretty in Pink" stretching her wings a bit. Her bill is somewhat losing the pink color. I'm going to love her no matter what she looks like, but I really hope that she's getting the gray/stone look that some of them do. As of today, her name is Pip, for "Pretty in Pink" all credit goes to Patti for that.

I had the younger ducks in the same brooder with a divider for about 2 weeks, and the last 2 days they have been together. I'm happy to report there has not been any fighting. I did scare them at one point and a smaller lady was knocked over though. Would you guys say they are big enough to be together, or should I keep them separate for a bit longer?

I've also collected the boards fron a 20x10 foot deck my new neighbor is replacing. Offered to pressure wash it for him so it would look nicer, but he decided he wanted to replace it, so I asked if I could have the wood. There's a couple boards that are probably not going to be used, but in general most of them are in decent shape. They just need a good cleaning. What's in the background of the pictures is only about a third of the wood.

For the Ayam Cemani, I am really digging these 2. Putting the Rarity aside, they are very docile and sweet. The rooster in particular is already a lap bird. They both have very beautiful translucent coloring in the light, but again the rooster excels in that department.

I'll try and grab some more pictures today, but this is the hen yesterday during our storm. I was giving all the chickens their oral dose of corid when the sky is decided to fall on us and she was already inside. So she had a little bit of R&R in the restroom. Flash, and no flash, she's awfully dark lol.

Also, with the help of @casportpony I found out, they have lice. I'll be honest it's a bit frustrating taking a crash course in how to care for my chickens, which is my own fault, what is extremely nice to have people willing and able to help. Thank you Kathy!

Also a big thank you to miss Patti. If y'all were to call me stubborn, I would have no defense. So thank you for recommending that I talked to Kathy about the health of my birds. Both of you have saved me and extraordinary amount of stress, and I'm very grateful.

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[Trimurtisan]

Did anyone mention that many of us are called enablers?

Hey now, everybody needs a good cosigner.

 

[rjohns39]

I love seeing the wilds here once a hen came to visit at the fence she seemed to be looking at my Muscovy drake. Having actual Toms I probably wouldn’t have any left they would probably run off with the wild girls. I had a turkey fly right across the road in front of me once how I missed hitting her is beyond me but boy am I glad I did. Can big Toms once adults fly?

It all depends on how big they get. Wilds Toms almost all fly. Heritage Toms who don't get too fat can fly. BB turkeys cannot. My Nari Tom can't, but my black and bronze can.

ETA: And even the fat ones can jump more than 7'

 

[Trimurtisan]

I have wilds all over my place. Biggest problem I have is with the wild girls. Every spring they try to get my Toms to follow them back into the woods. Oh, and watching a turkey fly is just amazing, the only thing I've seen more impressive was when four of my young Toms took flight at the same time.

ETA: Did anyone mention that many of us are called enablers?

Okay, I had to go watch a quick video of flying turkeys. That pretty cool. I didn't even know they could fly.

 

[rjohns39]

One safety note... When they are eye level always wear safety glasses. I was working on a fence, right where it meets the ground and my favorite girl wasn't particularly happy that I wasn't paying attention to her. While she was closely supervising the work, she gave me a quick peck on the top of the head (turkey love peck), like an idiot I looked up just in time to catch the second in my right eye. Imagine explaining to the eye doctor in the big city that a turkey pecked your eye.

 

[Trimurtisan]

One safety note... When they are eye level always wear safety glasses. I was working on a fence, right where it meets the ground and my favorite girl wasn't particularly happy that I wasn't paying attention to her. While she was closely supervising the work, she gave me a quick peck on the top of the head (turkey love peck), like an idiot I looked up just in time to catch the second in my right eye. Imagine explaining to the eye doctor in the big city that a turkey pecked your eye.

Oh my! Thanks for that tidbit. I'd like to be a fly on the wall of that doctors office.
"So tell me again. A turkey? Like gobble gobble?"

 

[rjohns39]

Oh my! Thanks for that tidbit. I'd like to be a fly on the wall of that doctors office.
"So tell me again. A turkey? Like gobble gobble?"

That's pretty much how it went.