The Quack Shack

[Muscovy Wunda]

Just make sure you don't get Australian muscovy and you'll be fine. Sorry to hear about Milka duck.

 

[Supercow]

It's a good thing ducks are so messy with their food...

This little guy was born in the summer most likely (being so small) and will hopefully survive the winter in the big pile of used duck straw -- it's insulation and also warmth as it slowly breaks down into compost. I'll move the ducks' main food station closer to the pile so the little hedgie doesn't have to walk around much during cold weather.

 

[Miss Lydia]

So sweet of you to make sure that little hedgehog can stay warm and have food over winter. It's so cute.

 

[Supercow]

I need to also set out some extra low water containers, for example large flower pot bottoms. The weather has been very dry in September and October with only very rare rain showers. Might change in November but look at the little guy... He'd welcome some support I think.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think so too. Giving him what he needs over winter is a great idea.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

It's a good thing ducks are so messy with their food...

This little guy was born in the summer most likely (being so small) and will hopefully survive the winter in the big pile of used duck straw -- it's insulation and also warmth as it slowly breaks down into compost. I'll move the ducks' main food station closer to the pile so the little hedgie doesn't have to walk around much during cold weather.

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Its like an echidna and a guinea pig had a baby

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It's a good thing ducks are so messy with their food...

This little guy was born in the summer most likely (being so small) and will hopefully survive the winter in the big pile of used duck straw -- it's insulation and also warmth as it slowly breaks down into compost. I'll move the ducks' main food station closer to the pile so the little hedgie doesn't have to walk around much during cold weather.

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How cold does it get in your corner of the world?

 

[Supercow]

How cold does it get in your corner of the world?

There is usually a pronounced cold spell between mid January and mid February, normally we get around -10 C overnight, 0 over the day for a straight week or two during that period. But in the recent years we have been surprised both on the upside (spring temps during the normally cold period) and the downside (-20 C overnight).

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

There is usually a pronounced cold spell between mid January and mid February, normally we get around -10 C overnight, 0 over the day for a straight week or two during that period. But in the recent years we have been surprised both on the upside (spring temps during the normally cold period) and the downside (-20 C overnight).

That's pretty much the same as we have here in WV. Including the weird exceptions of the last years, like snow-showers in early May almost killing off the tomato-plants and this weird last week of October, where we are around 10°(50F) during the night and more than 20°(68F) during the day. I need to turn my patio back into a greenhouse/sunroom by the end of the week, the first overnight frost is predicted for November 1st.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Update on Milka Duck:
She was released back to the flock on Sunday. I had to decide between Scylla and Charybdis - Milka being injured by other flock-members (drakes!) or injuring herself while trying to escape from the hospital. Here she is shortly before i grabbed her to spray her wound again with wound-kote and force an antibiotic down her throat. She knew i would grab her…

And that's her, waddling up to the pond where her sisters are waiting:

She spent the afternoon together with her sister Snørebrød sitting on the rim of the pond:

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Then later in the afternoon, i walked her back down to the house:

Note that is is walking a lot better already. Today, two days later she is almost walking normal. Only when she tries to run it is obvious that she is still not fully recovered.