The Duck Thread

[EmilyP]

Pretty. Looks kinda like my pekin Swedes.

He's a Pekin welsh. I think his color will still change some more.

 

[dan26552]

He's a Pekin welsh. I think his color will still change some more.

Cool. I should get a picture of my Swedish Pekins.

 

[EmilyP]

Cool. I should get a picture of my Swedish Pekins.

Yes please!

 

[Chickens 4Ever]

So my a**hole mallard drake is still chasing my baby but.... I'm so in love with my giant baby and he has so many of his daddy (that we put down)'s characteristics! Just thought I'd share him

Wow! I love the colors

 

[EmilyP]

Here's some better pics of him!

 

[ThreeWillows]

 

[sannabelle]

Here's some better pics of him!

He's gorgeous!!

 

[Tevyes Dad]

This is a repost from yesterday. I put it in the Runner thread initially because it is a runner and I had gotten up-to-date in the runner thread. But since it applies to all breeds and I finally got up-to-date in the Duck thread, I thought I might post it again here. Sorry to those runner thread subscribers who get to see it twice.

*** DUCK SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT ***

Just a friendly reminder since a lot of ducklings are becoming ducks around this time. Ducks will want to stay out all night, stay in the pond overnight, do many things that aren't returning to a secure area at night. Many times new owners might be tempted to give them their "head" thinking the ducks know what's best for them. Now I will admit having owned ducks a few years now, they are smarter in many ways than I would ever have thought. But survival instincts have been COMPLETELY bred out of them. In fact, I would go as far as to say they have been reversed into suicidal tendency so as stewards of our flocks, we must frequently be party poopers.

As an illustration of this reversed instinct, this morning I went out to get the lawn tracker to mow the yard. I found Noir doing her best job at hiding from potential hawks...

Probably sleeping with her head on the nice cool blade

 

[GSDperson]

Under the right conditions ducks can lay all year around.

 

[GSDperson]

Okay. I neeed help my duckling won't stand up! Is it paralyzed?