And the behaviour is not set into concrete: Last year Tweedledee hatched seven ducklings of which only one survived, a chocolate brown female which i called »Laura«. She was afraid of everything larger than a rubber boot and especially of me. 😟
But by consequently showing her that i am not a...
On the web-site of the British Poultry Club:
https://www.poultryclub.org/breeds/ducks/
The Ancona Duck is not listed as a recognized Breed. Verified by the English Wikipedia page for the Ancona Duck :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancona_duck
»It is not recognised or listed by the American...
Absolutely! - Exposing them to water triggers their oil-gland to start the production of »Duck-Oil« which they know how to use to make themselves waterproof.
Again: Think as a Duck-Momma. Latest on day three she will coax her duxlings to the nearest body of water. Okay, her babies are waterproof...
All my drakes, so far, have been eggcellent dads! Even the Monty Phyton's have been nice and careful to every duckling that had hatched under a Momma Duck. - Ducklings from somewhere else, even from the CCI, are another story…
So, the same situation as here: The duck-house is full, so we need:
A new and larger quack-shack
A new goose caboose
a new hen house
Always wanted to have a hen house, just to be able to tell my colleagues that i have my own hen-house…
It may take a couple of days for a duck to fully commit to go through with that duckling thing, so don't give up yet. Even into the incubation process momma ducks take their time off the nest to poop, eat, drink, drake and just hang out with the others, then suddenly run back to their nest...
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Congratulations! The DUX has awoken in your place too.
Try to get to the eggs under the broody duck - no don't! (If you like your fingers…)
A broody duck is very well able to protect her nest, her eggs and her ducklings against the rest of the flock. And Mr. Drake knows that these are his...
Dux are always positive thinking! They have all calmed down, but now i have three patio-ducks, Duckling #12 has joined Harry and Sunny.
And apparently the crows are back in town, i found a couple of empty eggs outside the duck run…
I gave it another shot yesterday, loade my car with plants and went to the parking-lot flee-market:
Surprisingly i had a lot of competition. The other's had larger tomato-plants but my prices were lower, i can let go a tomato six-pack for $3 when the other's ask $6 for tall plants. Hint: The...