Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[perchie.girl]

You guys havent been to bed yet?

I didnt go to bed yesterday.... Just got up from bed to tend to nature
I wont last long though.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Whose pond is this by the way.

@WVduckchick but she'll tell ya it's all of ours...

 

[perchie.girl]

Hey @superchemicalgirl Ravyins got Goats now....

deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Hey @superchemicalgirl Ravyins got Goats now....

deb

No way! What kind? How many? Do they drive you insane, yet?

And the most important question of them all... do you want to come pick up two more?

 

[Ravynscroft]

No way! What kind? How many? Do they drive you insane, yet?

And the most important question of them all... do you want to come pick up two more?

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Mine are sweethearts, and no, not ready to expand with more, lol...

Just the 2... Aliza is full Nubian, climbing the ragweed, and Friday is Nubian/LaMancha wether...

 

[Chaos18]

Whose pond is this by the way.

The Pond is the creation of @WVduckchick

I am a huge fan of beaver.

Aren't we all?

 

[WVduckchick]

after having the bantam roos out if the bantam pen...for 3 months now???

my poor bald headed girls are FINALLY starting to look nice! Whew! About time!

I am going to have to cut off one of those roos heads.... maybe I will take out 2 roos...just hard to decide....do I ever again want to hatch pure d'anvers? do I?

I almost traded some oegbs for d'anvers but couldn't get rid of the rest of my oegbs, so didn't have anywhere to put the d'anvers. Are yours mean?

Fully black, including toenails... first one I have ever hatched... most of the keepers have clear nails with black quicks and the nails fill out black within a week or 2... this one is solid right from hatch...

Gorgeous!!

Thanks! I am super stoked... 2 good lines now, genetic diversity is solid... can't wait to do a combined line as well and see those results!!

I hate that it takes sooooo long to see the eventual results!! But I imagine these will be fantabulous!!

my one footed Muscovy drakes. ..after an entire summer of trying...finally managed to fertilize 7 or so eggs (6 hatched)...

Remember the photo I posted last week of the mom with the 1 adopted duckling? The other mom has 5.

Anyway...yesterday and today, the ducklings are finally big enough that they are walking all over with their moms. so cute to watch! mom''s are being good. Rainy nasty in the 40s every night...and no ducklings lost.

The mom with the singleton nests outside of the duck coop under the eves (but in a fenced and mostly netted pen), and with this constant rain is still doing well. She sat on eggs for maybe twice as long as eggs take to hatch (her eggs weren't fertile), and maybe because of that is a doting mom. She watches the duckling zoom over the weeds trying to catch bugs. Our one and only sunny say (Tuesday?) she taught her duckling how to dig for worms in the puddles. The duckling found and fought a giant worm, finally won and ate it down, then grabbed a second big worm from mom! Not sure how it's tummy didn't pop.

My Muscovy are so good with the ducklings... mom with 5 ducklings isn't as attentive, and left her ducklings to sit up on a perch and look around... the 2 drakes sat over the ducklings and cared for them until mom returned.

I did last week also add in 2 new young males (that are both in possesion of all of the feet they should have), and everyone is happy together.

I shouldn't malign all of my chickens though... I killed all of the bad standard roos... there has been no bloodshed on the chicken front...even though I tossed some very young birds in there...and they no longer are allowed to go outside. Good birds.

Dawwww love momma and babies

Oh, no!!!

I do remember that!!





If ya only heard the things I holler around here!

All these pictures and talk of chicks makes me want to try to hatch some. But I will stay strong until we are close to spring here!

I keep saying the same thing. Not happening.

If ya lived where I do, you'd all be snookered with the hatching bug, cos the temperatures don't really vary and nor does egg production. Some of ya would have a hatching meltdown

Are all your birds gone now?

Whose pond is this by the way.

@WVduckchick but she'll tell ya it's all of ours...

 

[sourland]

Whose pond is this by the way.

Well, WV/VW dug the hole, but we all lay claim to it. There's an empty lily pad next to mine if you are interested.

I am a huge fan of beaver.

So is Chris and many others here.

@WVduckchick but she'll tell ya it's all of ours...

What Rav said !

Good morning, Pond Scum.

 

[Chaos18]

Well, WV/VW dug the hole, but we all lay claim to it. There's an empty lily pad next to mine if you are interested.



So is Chris and many others here.



What Rav said !

Good morning, Pond Scum.

You ever get to wondering why there's always an empty lily pad next to yours?

 

[WVduckchick]

Good morning my dear friends!

It's Friday