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[Luv Ducks]

@Luv Ducks babies View attachment 3629518

Thanks Miss Lydia for sharing them. They are growing fast.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Tell you what. You come over here and take care of mine through the winter, and I'll go over there and ruthlessly grab every single egg the day it gets laid.

I like to see you diving through poopy straw every day! - These ducks are smart and have two strategies:

1. Hide the eggs deep in the straw for a couple of days, then build an impressive nest, dig the eggs out and switch to Duckzilla mode.
2. Build a large nest and invite all your sisters to lay in it, then sit down and switch to Duckzilla mode.

I did what i could to prevent ducklings this year, but those ducks are too smart...

 

[Luv Ducks]

I like to see you diving through poopy straw every day! - These ducks are smart and have two strategies:

1. Hide the eggs deep in the straw for a couple of days, then build an impressive nest, dig the eggs out and switch to Duckzilla mode.
2. Build a large nest and invite all your sisters to lay in it, then sit down and switch to Duckzilla mode.

I did what i could to prevent ducklings this year, but those ducks are too smart...

I know what you mean Frank. I too have had that happen where they have out smarted me. It's like an Easter Egg hunt every day and sometimes the ducks win. lol

 

[Luv Ducks]

I like to see you diving through poopy straw every day! - These ducks are smart and have two strategies:

1. Hide the eggs deep in the straw for a couple of days, then build an impressive nest, dig the eggs out and switch to Duckzilla mode.
2. Build a large nest and invite all your sisters to lay in it, then sit down and switch to Duckzilla mode.

I did what i could to prevent ducklings this year, but those ducks are too smart...

Again today I moved my Muscovy Oreo's head to get to her egg as she thinks she can hatch it and it is not even fertile. She just looks at me and then lets me have it. She could so easily bite me but she doesn't. I got her when she was 3 months old and she is a year now. She is the best Muscovy Duck a person could ever ask for. I am so fortunate she does not like the taste of my hand, lol.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I always tell people Muscovy are the best

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I always tell people Muscovy are the best

With the exception of australian muscovy. Yes. Most are the best

 

[Luv Ducks]

With the exception of australian muscovy. Yes. Most are the best

I never knew there was an Australian Muscovy Duck. How are they different than regular ones in the US?

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I never knew there was an Australian Muscovy Duck. How are they different than regular ones in the US?

They decend from man eating lions

 

[Luv Ducks]

They decend from man eating lions

They sound vicious!!!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I can't believe its Friday again! - Where has this week been hiding?
On Labour Day, i was busy with the bees - Finally i had a chance to open the hive only to find the top honey-box completely empty and just 2½ frames of honey in the second one. Not enough to use the centrifuge, so i went with the old, manual method of scraping the frames with a spoon - here's the result:

Then using a kitchen sieve and a funnel to filter out the honey:

The final result, five jars of dark honey:

Plus another ½ jar after squeezing out whatever possible from the wax.