The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

There won’t be any left left to sell once the ducks find them

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The ducks would be upset with you if you did.

Katharina Duck (rip) would definitely be mad with me! She used to walk behind me like a dog whenever she saw me carrying a spade, a shovel or the muck-fork. She knew there will be worms, all the other ducks haven't gotten the message…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

There won’t be any left left to sell once the ducks find them

If the ducks were brave enough to come close to that ol' man and the wheelbarrow and the digging tool… They still think everything wants to eat them!
But there's hope for the Mallards: They raided Mount DuckPoop today…

 

[Pyxis]

Did someone say Fall pictures? I took this one while Pixel and I were on a walk last week.

 

[Pyxis]

During the frequent breaks i had to take yesterday, i was able to shoot a short video of that strange looking mallard:

Anybody has an idea what s(he) is? Duck or Drake? Maybe @Pyxis ?

Does it quack yet? It looks like a young male that might be starting to molt into nuptial plumage and is like halfway there, lol.

 

[Canadian Wind]

This is too early to be up for me

 

[Miss Lydia]

Does it quack yet? It looks like a young male that might be starting to molt into nuptial plumage and is like halfway there, lol.

I've never seen a Mallard go through molt into Nuptial plumage I thought for sure one of Hillbillys drakes might have fathered this one.

@WannaBeHillBilly are the Mallards now part of your flock go in every night with them for safety?

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning / evening folks

 

[Miss Lydia]

Good Wednesday to Everyone!!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Does it quack yet? It looks like a young male that might be starting to molt into nuptial plumage and is like halfway there, lol.

As all of the Mallards, this one is very, very, very quiet. They do their "qrack" when taking off and during flights, they peep to coax me to go to the cracked-corn barrel and occasionally one of the ducks quacks. This particular one just peeps...
Guess only time will tell weather this is a young drake or a mixed breed.
I will keep you updated.