[daveinmanc]

it took me 3 weeks to temp the ducks to take some food by hand, i assume that's a pretty good sign the ducks feel at home and secure lol    

maybe they just couldn't resist the extra juicy lobworms i dug up, they certainly followed me around enough while i was digging lol

now on the fourth week, i had  one of the girls who's very confident taking lettuce out of my fingers yesterday, the only bit i wish i'd got on film was when she tried to run off with a whole chinese lettuce leaf before i could turn the camera on lol   :shock:


little clip here that i uploaded last night for anyone that wants a peek . . . .



feeding 'spanglez' the duck !

[flatcap]

love the clip,are they rouen ducks they look similar to ours

         oh tried to rotovate garden with our ducks out, bad idea had to stop rotovater every second for them to get the worms :shock:

[Selkie]

Dave do you just have the one drake? (Steve )

There was some confusion in the henhouse as to how many drakes you had, so is it just Steve?

What are his ducks called?

[wildeone]

lovely vids thanks for sharing!!!

[daveinmanc]

flatcap, they're khaki campbells, all under 6 months old, they were about 4 to 5 months when we got them and that was only a month age. when the weather gets better i will rotorvate the ground again just to shift some soil and level it off before it gets grassed and i now already i'm gonna have to keep my eyes all round me for them lol   :shock:

rosemarycallsthegoddess, there's 3 total we have, steve lol, puddlez and spanglez, had to put the z's on the end cos i call the cat puddles (she's called bubble lol)  and the OH didnt want the cat to get confused lol, i didn't know it could read but there ya go  . . . . . . .  :? ah yes, edit lol, there was confusion (apparently) about there sex, bodger thought there were at least two drakes, i suppose only time will tell but they look far and away enough in colour, plumage etc for me to think he has given us two girls  . . . .  . . .

didnt quite get ya when you asked: what are his ducks called???

wildone, glad you liked em lol  

[WG.]

Good to see that their pen now resembles Paschendale !

[daveinmanc]

its the ducks makin all the craters honest lol  

[slowef]

That curly tail feather is the give away Dave they are the drakes :?

[Selkie]

didnt quite get ya when you asked: what are his ducks called???

he = Steve the drake of course

[daveinmanc]

lol  

sorry was having a bit of a blond moment

 :shock:

[Selkie]

[daveinmanc]

for your viewing pleasure  . . . . . . . lol


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