Might find a size for Frankie here
https://www.etsy.com/listing/149509...&organic_search_click=1&variation0=3546364278
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She has beautiful brown eyes! - If she is so wild, just name her »Wild Thing«…This one is a wild child. goes hysterical if it sees you coming from a mile away. you can see the crazy eyes look. was near impossible to get a good pic . reminds me of something that you might find growing wild in the View attachment 3835174forest. Mushroom?
Absolutely! - Exposing them to water triggers their oil-gland to start the production of »Duck-Oil« which they know how to use to make themselves waterproof.Oh my what cuteness
Is it OK for such little ducklings (while they don't yet have feathers) to bathe and dive, getting really wet? I had this idea from somewhere that I should wait... Have I been holding them back for no reason? Should the water be warm?
On the web-site of the British Poultry Club:Does anybody have an idea what Ancona ducks are called in Europe? (German? French?) @WannaBeHillBilly ? ... I don't seem to find anything
Better that way than the opposite: Collecting Sugar and…Yes, my bad habit is only ducks and sugar. I eat too much of that but other than that I am not spending money on more expensive things. lol
And the behaviour is not set into concrete: Last year Tweedledee hatched seven ducklings of which only one survived, a chocolate brown female which i called »Laura«. She was afraid of everything larger than a rubber boot and especially of me.My two Hens will eat out of my hand and are the first ones to come to the watering place to get in while I am changing the water. I got one as a baby and the other one was 3 months old. I am very fortunate. My Runners are the ones that are more off standish and my Mule and Rouen Hens are the tamest of all. Funny how some people have more luck with one breed than another. Some people have very tame Runner Ducks. Mine will let me near them but only one has every eaten the lettuce out of my hand.
oh, and what kind of ducklings might we see from these combinations? My ladies are a Cayuga and a Khaki Campbell. drake was fw runnerView attachment 3837314these 2 lovely ladies arrived yesterday. Olive and Acorn . and it just so turns out that the eggs they are laying now are likely have been fertilized by a fawn and white runner Drake (before a fox attacked his flock , and these two are the only survivors) but while I was brainstorming on what to do about my extremely broody chocolate Orpington hen, I realized I could put these duck eggs under her…. so what do I do? I have these two new ducks separated from my other ducks. I have collected two eggs so far. Do I let them sit on the counter on their side? until I have maybe eight or so? The longer I wait before putting them under my hen., the longer her brood timehas to be to hatch them out. View attachment 3837314