The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

My goose heard Your ducklings and she started talking she wants some babies. They are adorable ducklings

 

[Supercow]

New hobby unlocked: catch house flies with fly swatter, feed to ducklings. Super popular. We don't use any chemicals so that should be OK.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

YUP! If they produce them (some varieties don't) you can eat them.

I am not sure what kind of hips they produce. So far i have pruned the expired flowers asap to trigger the next bloom.
Will see what happens when i stop removing the wilted flowers…

 

[Canadian Wind]

I am not sure what kind of hips they produce. So far i have pruned the expired flowers asap to trigger the next bloom.
Will see what happens when i stop removing the wilted flowers…

Never turn your back on free food!

 

[Supercow]

One week old now. One duckling consistently larger than the other but both seem to be making good progress, they eat a lot and are lively. Just polished off a bowl of chopped yarrow + egg white (traditional for young poultry in our country).

 

[Luv Ducks]

One week old now. One duckling consistently larger than the other but both seem to be making good progress, they eat a lot and are lively. Just polished off a bowl of chopped yarrow + egg white (traditional for young poultry in our country).

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I'd be willing to bet the bigger one is Male and the smaller one is Female. The tail ends look like how my little Calls were and how they started out. Now my female is the bigger of the two but for sure I have a drake and a hen. She quacks a lot and he still peeps and his head has a glance of blue on it which is typical of a Pastel colored Call duck. He will be beautiful when he is done getting his adult colors.

 

[Supercow]

I'd be willing to bet the bigger one is Male and the smaller one is Female. The tail ends look like how my little Calls were and how they started out. Now my female is the bigger of the two but for sure I have a drake and a hen. She quacks a lot and he still peeps and his head has a glance of blue on it which is typical of a Pastel colored Call duck. He will be beautiful when he is done getting his adult colors.

The little one talks A LOT ....

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

New hobby unlocked: catch house flies with fly swatter, feed to ducklings. Super popular. We don't use any chemicals so that should be OK.

I had a duckling last year who would only eat flies i caught for it for days. Insects are a good source for nutrients and the natural food for ducklings. Whenever i have a momma duck with ducklings i leave some kitchen scraps outside to rot and attract flies (out of reach of the dux!) so that the little ones can perfect their hunting strategies.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Never turn your back on free food!

They have started to flower…
I need to publish some pictures, but currently the weather is killing me. Its like it was during summer in Texas here! - @Magnolia Ducks - is Texas still alive?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I'd be willing to bet the bigger one is Male and the smaller one is Female. The tail ends look like how my little Calls were and how they started out. Now my female is the bigger of the two but for sure I have a drake and a hen. She quacks a lot and he still peeps and his head has a glance of blue on it which is typical of a Pastel colored Call duck. He will be beautiful when he is done getting his adult colors.

I agree: The taller one (is it the first hatched?) looks like a drake. His? bill looks more "chunkier" and more "triangular" at the base. The smaller one has a more rounded bill.
Can't wait if we are correct. @Supercow listen carefully to their peeps, i had duxlings starting to quax in their second week. It sounds like: Peep, peep, peex, peex!