Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: tosca100 on November 26, 2014, 15:15
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Well, the animal collection is growing. OH went off to market and came back with two bedraggled ducks in a sack. He only went to look (?) ::)
They are not what we wanted, we had agreed to buy some Caruga (emerald) ducks but had to pass on them as the pen we were going to put them in is taken up with some ex-batts we agreed to look after for six weeks. It has now been nine weeks and the owner is now saying she will be back after winter festival! What makes me mad is that there was no communication and we have had to chase her up twice. So rather than get the nine, OH got these two meat birds which will be big enough to repel the chooks and are now housed in a tiny pen but the garden has been fenced so they can all go back out there. Not quite as pretty as the Cayugas, but friendly, might be a boy and girl, and have had a reprieve. We may try for the carugas another time if we get on with these. I'm sure these will like slugs.
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The chooks rush over to see what is happening
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Splash is not at all sure about these
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Oh Tosca - they are so pretty - our ducks share the run with our hens and they all get on well. The only problems we ever had was when OH got two white Sussex hens and the drake decided that they were rivals and after his girls. It was so funny to see him chasing them every time they ventured near him. :lol:
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They look lovely (and both look like girls unless they are moulting). :D
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It would be nice if they were, but we're not really bothered. As long as they like bugs and slugs! :lol:
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Well, it took a couple of days, but the sun has come out (freezing though) and the ducks have ventured into the water, so nice and clean and happy pottering with the chickens.
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Lovely Tosca. I could watch mine for ages when they are having a splash in their pool. :D
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lovely Tosca, and yes look like girls to me (only by the fact that I cant see the tail curl)
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As I said, it would be nice, but their tail feathers are pretty ragged, they were filthy when we got them. But they are very happy now and travel around a lot, busy busy.
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Well, it seems that we have one of each, despite no curly feather. We have now got another five smaller ducks which we picked up in very smelly condition from an ex-pat....and drove 45 minutes back home in cold, wet and foggy weather with the windows open....phew! The new ducks are four girla and one drake, and the chap we got them from says all the girls have started laying. When our two pristine whicte ducks were introduced it was soon aparent that one of our's fancied one of the new girls. They have had baths and the white one is getting there...but has a way to go to be as clean as Spot nd Spotty (sorry no names)
Helloooooo.....
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Bath time
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A few more goes and we will have another white duck
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They are lovely Tosca :) The girls with the bands of darker feathers across their heads are especially pretty :)
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Oh they are lovely Tosca. :D
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And we had three eggs this morning. They are awfully nervous even though they were supposed to be pets, more so than the two sorry specimens shoved in a sack in the market.
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