[daveinmanc]

that was last night,

pictures are a little dark, we were in  the back room and i didnt want to scare them to death with the flash so i opted for all piccies as they were  . . .

took aunt sally's advice to give them a once over after she prompted me to check for red mites/lice etc  and get some diatom just in case, which will go in the house next clean out this weekend, tried to do as thorough an inspection as i could without making them uncomfortable but had to dispose of one rubber glove as he kept grabbing it with his leg and tearing it lol

couldn't believe how thick and soft the feathers were its been such a long time since i've had so much contact with ducks .. . . .  but i fought my way through them and  . . . . . . . .  couldn't find a thing ! :shock:

this is 'steve' he was good as gold, he was a bit panicky at first and his little heart was going 20 to the dozen but he soon calmed down and had us laughing with his little feet paddling away as i inspected his belly lol  







 this is puddlez  . . . . . she's a big scaredy cat and wont take the food out of my hand yet lol, well, with the exception of one big lobworm  last weekend . . .  . . . . . . but she was dead good too and no struggling at all










and this is spanglez  . . . . i can tell them apart now by the feathers and the thickness of the neck, this one having the slightly thicker neck, and the best of it was, apart from them all being impeccably behaved was. . . . . . . . . . . .  i didnt get pooped on once ! lol

[WG.]

But do ducks get any of this stuff?  I thought all these things only affected landlubber chooks??

[Selkie]

I like your girlfriend's jumper

[daveinmanc]

W.G far as i'm aware and according to AS's advice  . . .  .  which i have no reason to doubt, they do, and in all fairness i did some looking up and most of the sites i came across seemed to say the same.

ours were brought up with chickens apparently, so i'd rather go down the road of prevention being better than the cure and all that and for what it cost's (diatom) i just thought well, look on it as an investment for them  .. . . . . . . .  

RCTG, thank you,  i will pass your compliments on lol  

[WG.]

OK Dave.

One thing I do know is that you don't need that caulking gun.  Ducks can waterproof themselves    

[daveinmanc]

LMAO  

very good Mr W.G lol

i expected someone to notice the diatom in the background but obviously didnt account for your sharp eyes lol

so does that mean they dont need their undercarriage sealing then ? lol

[slowef]

Love the film clips Dave,  mine attack  my pockets if they can see a bag sticking out cheeky little blighters.  Had a whole iceburg in a bag on top  of their food and Charlie made of with the whole lettuce I had to chase him to get it back and unwrap it.

I saw the mastic gun and wondered what you were filling with it  :oops: