The Quack Shack

[Canadian Wind]

Sorry, wrong Video, i was tired, here's the sweet one:

Awwww! I love the frantic pitter-patter of their little feet on the floor!

 

[Supercow]

So many storms this month, here comes another ... Our neighboring country Croatia's capital city Zagreb was hit yesterday with what would be called Cat 3 winds in the US. 4 people died from falling trees, utility poles and cranes, some were stuck in a cable car during the storm but they survived.

The ducks don't care ... They do have a 2 inch hole in the roof of their house though from a branch that fell from a 30 ft tree above it. Cement fibre roof tiles, but 30 is a lot of ft.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I eat a boiled duck-egg almost every morning!
They have a saying here: »A Duck-Egg a Day keeps the Doctor away!«
So far that worked well.

And rarely it is difficult to peel the eggs. I let the egg sit for at least a week, boil them with an egg-boiler (these little plastic thingys that use steam to boil the eggs) and the dump them into ice water. That separates the cooked egg from the membrane and makes peeling easy.

Also, if you have an egg puncher, this works on fresh eggs.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Yes, that sounds legit since I've often noticed the action during the day, both in (or half-in) pools / basins and also on dry land (rarely but it does happen). I'm not seeing a single dominant duck, it seems kinda random, but that could be just me not yet being able to tell most them apart with certainty.

It's a fact that today, as soon as limpy duck was let out of the crate and into the pool, she immediately stretched out her neck for the other already present duck... So it's like I said at the beginning of the story with Junior, in our second purchase we got a baby and two floozies

Regarding those boiled eggs, I'm familiar with the benefit of letting eggs lay around for a number of days so they are easier to peel but we just don't have that level of production yet. We're moving in the right direction though. Not in a straight line but we'll get there.

Wait till you get a three stack.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

How adorable! So, you give them Gummy Bears to make them sweet?

Perhaps make their night pen raccoon proof? Double-walled, bolted down? Or at least weighed down? And keep the cat food inside.

The duckling box cannot be made predator-proof, even a raccoon could tear it apart...
It was never meant to be an overnight-shelter, just to enable me to have some ducklings outside on the grass during the day.
I really don't have an idea what to do with the »incubator gang« - the last member jas just hatched a couple of minutes ago and is now fluffing up in the CCI. The oldest one will turn three weeks tomorrow...

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

How adorable! So, you give them Gummy Bears to make them sweet?

Perhaps make their night pen raccoon proof? Double-walled, bolted down? Or at least weighed down? And keep the cat food inside.

And no, the gummy bears were for our nerves!
But they like to play with anything shiny, especially when it is golden.
They also have a twix-bag…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Awwww! I love the frantic pitter-patter of their little feet on the floor!

ABSOLUTELY AGREE!
That will be the one thing that i will really miss when they're outside.
And now there's ten pair of feet making that sound. - I really need to make another video of the gang, following me from their overnight-poool in the office to the breakfast table in the kitchen...

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Also, if you have an egg puncher, this works on fresh eggs.

I do have an egg puncher, but if the eggs are at least one week dried out, they peel easier.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Wait till you get a three stack.

Or an inverse pyramid! (two drakes on top of one duck...)

 

[Canadian Wind]

IT'S MOULTING SEASON!!!