The Quack Shack

[Jenbirdee]

Yes, formally it's goat willow, salix caprea. But many species of willows form catkins and yours looks like possibly a weeping willow? (salix babylonica).

Awesome duck life

Mine is Salix capria

 

[Supercow]

Mine is Salix capria

It has an unusual, beautiful shape. Salix caprea usually grows like hazel, so, a "bush"-like form, many trunks. Although even with hazel you do get some that grow on a single trunk like any other regular tree.

Here are some fully grown capreas. They used to be 1-foot sticks

 

[Supercow]

I think yours will be just fine. I have been incubating some eggs just for fun. The drakes I have are 3 Call Drakes and a Woody Drake. I have no idea who's the Momma duck since I have 20 hens. The eggs I am doing are not very big and sort of greenish so I was thinking maybe my Mallards but they are old now, 5, so maybe not. My humidity has been all over the place and some were not even fertile yet one yesterday when I checked was doing just fine. No telling how far it will go but the humidity with mine has not been stable since day one and is still going strong on day 13. Good luck with your Welshies, I hope they all make it. My Gold one is a beautiful duck and I just love her.

I hope both of our batches hatch just fine. It will be fun having ducklings again. For a month, then most of them are going to new homes, we'll be keeping a drake and 3-4 ladies - that's the plan anyway.

 

[Supercow]

I think our ducks are into performance art...

- The older drake grabs a duck by her neck and sits on her, balancing with his wings and seemingly not doing much
- The duck doesn't mind
- The younger drake approaches sideways and puts his head between theirs
- And so they all sit together for a minute or two, just chilling
...

 

[Jenbirdee]

It has an unusual, beautiful shape. Salix caprea usually grows like hazel, so, a "bush"-like form, many trunks. Although even with hazel you do get some that grow on a single trunk like any other regular tree.

Here are some fully grown capreas. They used to be 1-foot sticks

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Mine was trained to look like an umbrella

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Howdy quack shackers.
I have aquired a new duck. Because.. well.
Whats one more duck when you have 30 already.
A Rouen color female. Decendant from my caugas. Something has murdered all my sis in laws ducks but this one so she brought her to my house so she wouldn't be all alone.
Pics later.. I'm on my way to my second job for today.

 

[Supercow]

I hope both of our batches hatch just fine. It will be fun having ducklings again. For a month, then most of them are going to new homes, we'll be keeping a drake and 3-4 ladies - that's the plan anyway.

Checked the eggs today. Good looking air sacs. Here's hoping for a full house - 16 ducklings. Day 18, lockdown coming closer.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

 

[Luv Ducks]

Checked the eggs today. Good looking air sacs. Here's hoping for a full house - 16 ducklings. Day 18, lockdown coming closer.

I checked my one and it is still going strong. This is day 14 for it. I added the others later so I won't check them until this weekend. There's a good chance none will even be fertile but I was trying for it not to be a loner if it makes it. Good luck with yours.

 

[Luv Ducks]

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Wow, what a beauty!!! I have three of them and my one has the all black bill like yours but not the lighter ring around its neck. They are some of my friendliest ducks.