The Quack Shack

[Magnolia Ducks]

They are doing okay. The feed bills gone up massively since moving because I can't let them out here. They aren't laying either so that's a pain.

Why can't you let them out? Mine are trapped in coop prison right now and boy are they mad.

 

[rjohns39]

Ok I'll compete with Tooshay. Taking the morning sun
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Lisa they are gorgeous.

 

[Tooshay89]

Ok I'll compete with Tooshay. Taking the morning sun
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Ugh, they’re so cute! What kind are they again?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Uncle dads. DNA is half Pekin half runner. But their parents were full brother sister

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Lisa they are gorgeous.

Thanks. I loved them from the start as they are all offspring of my beloved and eaten Barbra Lewis.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lisa did you order that huge pen for day time safety.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Yes I did. It supposed to come June 4th. The ducks are in coop until it comes.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I bet they will love it!

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Why can't you let them out? Mine are trapped in coop prison right now and boy are they mad.

Safety mainly. No ground predators but alot of flight predators. And machinery is stored and used by their run so at risk of becoming pancakes. And then there's the creek within walking distance... plenty of good grub there that they are likely to stay down there and head down stream. Going to invest in some portable poultry fencing

 

[Pyxis]

My guinea is multiplying.

When I was doing bird chores today, I noticed some of the Liege Fighter juvies had escaped their pen. I haven't really super secured the netting over it, so it wasn't surprising, and not a problem since they just followed me back in for their food.

But, as I was going in, I noticed the one guinea I have (work rescue as a weak keet, otherwise I wouldn't have just the one) had also gotten out and was pacing the fence line in my goose grazing pasture, clearly wanting to get back to 'her' chickens. This was going to be a headache, since she's skittish and hard to catch.

So I'm ruminating about what to do, plans mostly involving my bird net, and I'm feeding the Lieges and I look down and my guinea is eating with them. I checked the goose pasture and sure enough, the guinea is still in there.

My guinea is a female. This one is clearly a male. Who knows where he came from, but clearly he heard my female and decided to show up. All I can figure is a neighbor had a lone guinea or a male that was ostracized, and he heard company and took off.

So I was trying to be neighborly and catch him with my net so I could go ask the neighbors if he was theirs and if they wanted him back, but he is WILD. I didn't even get within netting range before he took off flying over the goose pasture fence, landed on top of a section of unsecured netting over my pen, which then gave in under his weight and he fell right in.

Where he promptly began following my female around, happy as a clam. At that point I decided nope, not gonna try to net him in here, he'll probably flush up again and either tangle in the netting or tear it down all the way. If he's the neighbor's and they want him back, I can try to chase him and only him out (because he's not stealing my female) but he's just gonna come around here all the time anyway trying to be with her.