Duck slaves, LOL! Glad I am not alone here!
Well....Daffodil, the rescued duck (with a shattered hip) does not have another duck to cuddle with. You know, the vet painted a grim picture for her...she said the only reason she wasn't putting her down was because of her will to live, that she should not have babies or another duck around because it's all she could deal with (the hip), that she would not make it to old age, that we needed to keep her warm, etc., etc., etc. That was eight months ago. Her wing feathers have come back (if you saw my thread on her way back when, you know the neighbors clipped her wings, and she is a Pekin!), she walks pretty well (hobbles a bit), she has grown taller...basically, this looks like one healthy duck! She rules this roost! She is still producing an egg a day; she is also broody (what happened to "Pekins aren't broody")?
Daff will not go into the large dog house in her pen. Sigh. So, for the next couple of days (we're holding at a windchill of 20 degrees this morning), she is in the utility room in a "fenced off" area. Time for the shop vac! She just had some lettuce, and I expect her to order cavier at any minute.
I have a 4x4 "pop-up" (ripstop fabric) greenhouse coming to put in her outside pen. We are going to build a supporting structure for it so it doesn't collapse due to snow or wind. I hope we can train her to go into it. Going to put a protected light bulb in there, too.
Jimeny, the things we do....!
Well....Daffodil, the rescued duck (with a shattered hip) does not have another duck to cuddle with. You know, the vet painted a grim picture for her...she said the only reason she wasn't putting her down was because of her will to live, that she should not have babies or another duck around because it's all she could deal with (the hip), that she would not make it to old age, that we needed to keep her warm, etc., etc., etc. That was eight months ago. Her wing feathers have come back (if you saw my thread on her way back when, you know the neighbors clipped her wings, and she is a Pekin!), she walks pretty well (hobbles a bit), she has grown taller...basically, this looks like one healthy duck! She rules this roost! She is still producing an egg a day; she is also broody (what happened to "Pekins aren't broody")?
Daff will not go into the large dog house in her pen. Sigh. So, for the next couple of days (we're holding at a windchill of 20 degrees this morning), she is in the utility room in a "fenced off" area. Time for the shop vac! She just had some lettuce, and I expect her to order cavier at any minute.
I have a 4x4 "pop-up" (ripstop fabric) greenhouse coming to put in her outside pen. We are going to build a supporting structure for it so it doesn't collapse due to snow or wind. I hope we can train her to go into it. Going to put a protected light bulb in there, too.
Jimeny, the things we do....!