they are 2013-14 ducks, she went broody this year and she was sitting on a clutch of eggs but my chickens scattered her eggs all over the place and it happend to go on while i was on vacation so my chicken sitter did not know what to do so she threw them out.
Hi JADE!!!!!!!!
the guy who checks and gives out the npip cards told us about the show mans clip. idk if im right i stopped showing my ducks after the avian flu outbreak across the country so i dont know if it is ok. i just thought i would share it I'll have to check with a judge next time i go to a show but he did say it was fine.
LOL. You're too used to clipped house ducks. It wasn't at all stressful. We loved to see it.
I didn't read your post until after I did my own. You weren't wrong. I think it's more about what we mean when we say "fly." Campbells are relatively small ducks and they can fly as far as like, "If I could do that, would I say I could fly?" Absolutely. If it's do they soar high into the air and fly like you see with Mallards or crows or hawks, no, they don't do that. It's not as much their weight as it is their wings relative to their weight.
I'm not surprised you saw a Pekin fly. Most ducks can do what we'd consider flying if we could do it ourselves, and wouldn't that be like the ultimate thing to do. I think so. I've told Scott that I think I'd spend all the time I could in the air if I could fly, but you have to remember that flying is extremely tiring for most ducks. That's why many flying ducks choose to walk around rather than fly around, and most of our Calls walk a lot more than they fly. It's very similar to how humans walk rather than run. (I personally don't run unless I'm being chased.)
One of our Rouens, same weight class as a Pekin, really did the flying thing one time, and only one time. I had a beautiful little buddy I hatched from one of Lacrystol's eggs, and I babied him. I took him outside one day on the opposite side of the yard to let him poke around at things. Galen, the Rouen, who was on the total opposite side of the 1+ acre property happened to spy him with me, took to the air and flew all the way across the property. Only maybe two feet off the ground, but a long distance. He landed right next to Peanut and bit him on the butt before I could even try to intervene. I scooped a terrified Peanut up and took him back in the house, but I was well aware after that that Galen could fly if he chose to.
Right. We don't let ours do what I'd call free ranging even though we've never so far had problems with duck predators. We let them out in the afternoon after work and all day on weekends as long as we're going to be home, and we leave the dogs out in the back with them if at least one of us isn't in the backyard. That allows me to keep a close eye since the kitchen looks into the backyard, and of course the dogs bark their heads off if they see anything come near the yard.
Nice, good plan
LOL, you want eggs, Let me know, I'll send you some, Right now the Showgirl & paints are the only ones laying, the Splashes have taken a break
