The Quack Shack

[WannaBeHillBilly]

And i have a bee-hive in my garage now:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-honey-factory.1358454/post-27286821

And here are the last Tomatoes for this year:

Plus some (chillie-) peppers.
Still have to harvest the kale, the cabbage and the poatoes but they can withstand some frost.
Not to forget the sweet poatoes. The greens died last night, so i need to get the bulbs out asap.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I just brought 7 almost ducknagers

Pictures?

 

[Luv Ducks]

I haven't been able to sleep last night!

Came outside to prepare the supper bowl yesterday at 18:30 and there were no ducks. None! Nada! Nimic!
Walked up to the pond where i was greeted with an enthusiastic Quack-orgy!
They all wanted to spend the night out on the pond!

Last night was the coldest night we had so far here in WV, -4°(25F). Milka and Laura duck seem have issues with their oil gland, so they often get really wet when swimming in the pond, so i was very worried about them becoming hypothermic and walked up to the pond a couple of times during the night...

They seemed to be happy, except for the fact that they skipped supper. Everybody came back at 7:30 and demanded food. Milka duck was soaking wet and shivering, so i grabbed her (loud protest!) and dried her as best as i could with some towels, then kept her on the patio (16°/59F) and fed her. She left a huge pile of - fertilizer - for the peppers and then demanded her freedom so i let her go and she ran immediately back to the pond.
Her wound is fully healed, but no feathers have grown back so far - i wonder if her neck will become a permanently bald spot.

It almost sounds as if something has scared them to want to stay on the pond all of the time. I would think a predator was lurking about if this is not their normal behavior. Just wondering????

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

What kind may I ask?

Man he are 4 runners and 3 barnyard.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It almost sounds as if something has scared them to want to stay on the pond all of the time. I would think a predator was lurking about if this is not their normal behavior. Just wondering????

I tricked most of the flock this evening: I started to dig up Munte Caca, made from the content of the duck-run from September and slowly turned it into Mount Compost:

Munte Caca is the right pile of dirt and Mount Compost is to the left. One layer of almost dirt from Munte Caca then a layer from the rotten straw from the last time i cleaned out the duck-house, another layer from Munte Caca,…
The ducks were so excited and busy digging for - whoknowswhat (i have not seen any earthworms in that pile) - that they forgot to run to the pond until it was too dark. - Except for the dirty dozen and the Monty Python Drakes. Most important Chaos, Mayhem and Milka stayed in the duck-yard! Especially Milka needs a warm night inside, she was sleeping off her hypothermia under the former tomato/pepper bed the whole afternoon.
Everybody - but Blanca - ran inside the duck-run when they saw me coming out with their supper-bowl. They just wanted their meal and then go to bed, just Blanca insisted on her right to be food-taster...

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Pictures?

When they arrive

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

 

[Luv Ducks]

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Oh sooooo pretty!!!! I wonder what type they are? Are those crosses between Khaki Campbell and Pekin or some of both? I love them!!! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Oh sooooo pretty!!!! I wonder what type they are? Are those crosses between Khaki Campbell and Pekin or some of both? I love them!!! Thanks for sharing.

Yes the mix. One has a small crest that she has no idea where its come from, they are about 5th generation

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

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Had to cuddle with Mayhem Drake after seeing the little ones to avoid opening the duckling-poop jar…